Caroline Lucas: The government’s attacks on the rights of nurses must be resisted
‘The equal pay act was over half a century ago. Yet the Chancellor thinks he can get away with underpaying a predominantly female workforce’
Left Foot Forward
The Tories’ plans are a major threat to every aspect of employment, health and safety law
‘The scrapping of record keeping means the regulations on long working hours effectively become unenforceable.’
Nigel Farage admits ‘Brexit has failed’
An extraordinary moment
Jacob Rees-Mogg admits voter ID law was about ‘gerrymandering’ rather than tackling electoral fraud
‘Parties that try and gerrymander end up finding their clever scheme comes back to bite them’
The local elections confirm that Labour is on course for power – but not a majority
‘Labour needs to win the national popular vote by 9pts in order to win an overall majority, which would require an 11% swing – bigger than the swing achieved by Tony Blair in 1997’
University strikes loom unless pay increases, warns UNISON
Support staff at nine universities in England have voted to strike over a “sub-par” pay offer from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).
Jeremy Hunt brutally mocked for claiming ‘Brexit is not the issue’ for UK’s poor economic performance
The government’s own Office for Budget Responsibility report says that the decision to leave the EU will reduce long-run productivity by 4 percent.
Keir Starmer says ‘voting reform will not be one of our priorities’
Starmer reiterated that the Labour Party would be focused on its national missions
Is this the most baffling Nigel Farage moment ever?
This is what happened when Right Said Fred appeared on GB News with Nigel Farage
First Past the Post is at the heart of a lack of trust in politics
In 2019, 71% of all votes cast had no impact on the outcome of the election, either because they went to candidates who lost, or went into padding the majorities of winning MPs.