TUC General Secretary highlights grim irony of union-bashing Liz Truss’ victory
Liz Truss has become Prime Minister despite not meeting the threshold she wants to set for trade unions taking strike action
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From workers’ rights to the climate crisis – Liz Truss running the country is a scary prospect
Liz Truss wins Tory leadership election
Amidst a devastating cost of living crisis, Liz Truss has beaten Rishi Sunak to become the country’s next Prime Minister
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
The four day week: Ending a century of economic ‘maladjustment’
“The four-day week gives everyone the gift, the resource, the power, of time, of choice”
Daily Mail ridiculed for absurd front page attacking Joe Lycett and the BBC
“Thank God for the Daily Mail highlighting the big issues as our hungry children cry themselves to sleep.”
Prof Prem Sikka: Visiting pawnbrokers showed me just how much people are struggling during the cost of living crisis
‘My brief visits to pawnshops are by no means a scientific study, but they do provide a glimpse of the tragedies inflicted by years of maldistribution of income and wealth, poverty, inequalities and obsession of privatisation which has left many teetering on the edge.’
Public believe Keir Starmer would be a better PM than Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, poll shows
The poll, based on 1,500 voters found that Starmer was four points ahead of Truss, with 39 per cent backing him against 35 per cents supporting her.
An epic fail: £120m ‘Festival of Brexit’ flops
The festival, officially known as Unboxed, had hoped to attract 66 million visitors but has thus far managed to only attract 238,000 people.
Boris Johnson says people should buy a new kettle to save £10 a year on their electricity bill
‘If you have an old kettle that takes ages to boil, it may cost you £20 to replace it but if you get a new one you’ll save £10 a year every year on your electricity bill’.