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Sarah Owen MP: Women’s rights next on the list of government’s so called ‘war on woke’

Sarah Owen
1 August, 2022

‘Before the House rose for the Summer, there were debates on Roe Vs Wade, woeful rape prosecution rates, Danny Kruger MP saying women should not have the “absolute right” over their bodies and Dominic Raab’s threat to unravel women’s rights; not to mention that wink at the despatch box.’

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Nadine Dorries’s popularity plunges among Tory members, new poll finds

Basit Mahmood
1 August, 2022

Dorries was also condemned by Tory MPs over the weekend after sharing an image of Rishi Sunak about to knife Boris Johnson.

Tory leadership debate

‘Reactionary and regressive’: Tory leadership candidates slammed for promising the return of grammar schools

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 July, 2022

“How anyone can still argue that grammar schools are the magic wand to improve our broken education system beggars belief.”

Picket line

Petition to protect the right to strike garners thousands of signatures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 July, 2022

As Truss and Sunak are branded “Thatcher tribute acts” for threatening the right to strike, momentum builds to secure this fundamental right.

London

Prem Sikka: The $63.2 trillion shadow banking industry is likely to be site of the next financial crash

Prem Sikka
29 July, 2022

Private equity is a key part of shadow banking and has been buying-up many businesses. What private equity entails is private equity firms using funds raised from institutional investors to acquire and engage in buyouts of businesses.

CWU

BT and Openreach workers begin strike in first national telecoms walkout since 1987

Basit Mahmood
29 July, 2022

More than 40,000 workers are expected to walk out today, with a second strike planned for Monday.

Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler MP: There is nothing more aspirational than fighting alongside a trade union

Dawn Butler
29 July, 2022

‘Trade unions are the aspirational vehicle for working class people. They are how workers organise to have a good rate of pay, good sick pay, a decent retirement, and a reasonable work-life balance.’

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France decides to extend energy price cap measure to the end of 2022

Basit Mahmood
29 July, 2022

The country first froze gas prices in October 2021 and also capped electricity prices from increasing by no more than 4 percent.

Refugees

Sarah Olney MP: It Is Beyond Time for the UK to Reform Its Refugee and Asylum System

Sarah Olney
28 July, 2022

‘As it stands, there is a severe lack of safe and legal routes to the UK for the vast majority of refugees.’

A photo of coins on top of an article explaining that Energy companies are raising prices

British Gas owner Centrica profits increase five-fold to £1.34 billion as millions face fuel poverty

Basit Mahmood
28 July, 2022

“We need action now.”

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