Mick Lynch rips into P&O Ferries CEO after committee grilling on seafarers’ working conditions
Ferry company boss admits staff paid under £5 an hour, while he received ‘bumper bonus’
Left Foot Forward
A chart which sums up the housing crisis
With more than a million households waiting for social homes, those on low-incomes are increasingly being pushed into unsuitable and costly accommodation in the private rented sector as well as into temporary accommodation.
UK government’s climate plan ‘unlawful’ High Court finds, again
‘No more pie in the sky – this judgement means the government must now take real, credible action to address the climate crisis’
Andy Burnham wants to suspend Right to Buy scheme in bid to tackle housing crisis
‘We do now need to re-think Right to Buy’
Former director of Restore Trust mocked for making bizarre comparison about National Trust’s D-Day event U-turn and free family passes
‘This is the most ridiculous tweet I’ve read all day.’
Who is Kim McGuinness, the first North East Mayor?
Kim McGuinness is the new Labour mayor of the North East representing around two million people in the region
Tory MP vexed at suggestion Ben Houchen distanced himself from Tory Party to win mayoral race
Tory Ben Houchen won a tight race to be Tees Valley mayor
Boris Johnson brutally mocked for getting caught out by voter ID rules he introduced
“The absolute state of this lot”
Here’s why rising child poverty is a political choice
A nation’s wealth and greatness is not measured by the number of billionaires but by how well it takes care of its children and weakest members
‘Read the room’: How the left has reacted to the local election results
The Greens toast impressive gains, as progressives celebrate the Tories downfall and lead the call for a general election