Tory donor charged by US authorities over alleged role in Puerto Rico bribery scheme
Julio Herrera Velutini has given more than £500,000 to the Tories
Left Foot Forward
Gordon Brown praised for clear proposals to tackle cost of living crisis as Tories go missing in action
“The reality is grim and undeniable: a financial timebomb will explode for families in October as a second round of fuel price rises in six months sends shock waves through every household and pushes millions over the edge.”
Thousands sign petition urging government to make fire and rehire illegal
Opposition towards the ‘ruthless’ practice of deliberately firing people to rehire them on worse contracts is gathering momentum.
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia back on trial next year
A legal challenge over the supply of UK-made weapons for the war in Yemen will proceed to the High Court in January 2023.
Rishi Sunak boasts of taking money away from ‘deprived urban areas’ for wealthy towns
‘We inherited a bunch of formulas from the Labour Party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be undone.’
To prevent a recession and grow the economy we have to protect workers’ rights
The lessons for workers are clear. Join a trade union, show solidarity with fellow workers and vote for a political party that will enhance market and political power of labour.
Nigel Farage joins pro-Putin Viktor Orban at conference of U.S conservatives where he will speak about ‘saving the West’
Farage will be addressing the same conference at which Orban spoke and on the same theme of ‘saving the West’.
Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi on holiday as Bank of England warns of recession
Labour has accused the pair of being “missing in action” as the full scale of the meltdown facing the UK’s economy became apparent.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, August 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Earnings gap between those who were on free school meals and privately educated peers revealed
Even when those who were on FSM have the same qualification level, educational attainment and labour market experience as their private school peers, FSM students earn 20% less than an independent school student at age of 30.