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Local councils and net zero

Wera Hobhouse MP: Local government should be at the heart of the net zero transition

Wera Hobhouse MP
29 October, 2021

‘To effect the change we so urgently need, local authorities must embed zero carbon approaches to managing, funding, procuring, commissioning and delivering services but they need the sufficient resources to do this.’

Levelling up

Labour must use the budget to make levelling up the test of this government

Joshua Simons
28 October, 2021

‘Labour should welcome the thrust of the levelling up agenda but play on Keir’s biggest strength: that unlike Johnson, he is seen as competent, capable, and professional’. 

Sunak budget climate change

Diane Abbott MP: ‘Sunak is another Tory chancellor playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse’

Diane Abbott
28 October, 2021

‘The Resolution Foundation put it succinctly, ‘On taxes, by 2027 average households will be paying £3,000 more in taxes than when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.’

Online abuse

EXCLUSIVE: Voters say there should be criminal sanctions for bosses who fail to remove harmful content on their platforms

Basit Mahmood
28 October, 2021

69% of those asked believe there should be criminal proceedings against company directors who fail to tackle harmful, but not illegal, content on their platforms.

Pandemic response

The UK needs a pandemic preparedness plan to ensure Covid failures are never repeated

Mike Buckley
27 October, 2021

‘Scientists are clear that the next pandemic is coming’.

Sunak slammed for domestic flight tax

Sunak slammed for cutting taxes on domestic flights days before COP26

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2021

‘Yes, you heard that right – @RishiSunak is making flights cheaper.  Good thing there’s no #ClimateEmergency.’

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, October 2021

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2021

The news you didn’t see this week…

COP26

EXCLUSIVE: Over half of voters think COP26 summit won’t make a positive difference to climate change

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2021

The poll found that 51% of UK adults think that the COP26 summit will not make a positive difference to climate change

Jon Trickett Covid vaccinations

Jon Trickett: A Wealth Tax is a bold policy but our times call for nothing less

Jon Trickett
27 October, 2021

‘In Britain we tax income rather than wealth. This no longer makes sense in our day and age, if it ever did’. 

Children at school development centre

What we can do to tackle racial disparities in our schools

Luna Williams
26 October, 2021

‘There has been a significant widening of longstanding gaps that result in lower outcomes for Black students in comparison with White students.’

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