Left Foot Forward
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill threatens your right to protest
'Under the Bill, protests could be banned because they are deemed to be noisy and disruptive and participants could be prosecuted'.
Backlash from Labour activists and MPs after Green New Deal motion blocked
'Labour for a Green New Deal described the move as ‘anti-democratic’ which was designed to ‘silence members, making a mockery of any commitment to bold climate action’.
Steps the SNP is taking to make justice work for everyone
'Improvements to Criminal Justice have been equally central to the ambitions of the SNP'.
If we want to fund better public services, we must tackle the tax gap
'Figures published today by HMRC show that the “Tax Gap” - the difference between the money owed to HMRC and that collected - stands at a staggering £35 billion.'
Universal credit cut breaches human rights law, says UN envoy
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that the universal credit cut will impose the ‘biggest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since the foundation of the modern welfare state.’
Past comments on people of colour by new culture secretary Nadine Dorries cause backlash
The MP for Mid Bedfordshire has previously retweeted the former leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson and shared Islamophobic tropes against London mayor Sadiq Khan