Prof Prem Sikka: The G7’s deal on corporation tax isn’t all it seems
Corporations could find it easy to dodge the G7’s proposed new tax rules.
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UnionDues: Big data and the union movement
Bosses know how to use data on their workers. How can unions get ahead of the game?
Green Party announces new spokespeople – with one controversial appointment
The Greens are rising up the polls following local election success – which means more scrutiny of their leadership.
Selling our souls for bananas: the danger behind Global Britain’s new trade deals
The UK is making trade deals with countries condemned by human rights watchdogs and poor consumer standards.
“Nobody is safe until everyone is safe”: 100,000 sign petition to waive vaccine patents
The UK is one of the last countries blocking the Covid vaccine intellectual property rights waiver.
Scientists urge government to delay June 21 reopening because of now ‘dominant Indian variant’
‘Right now, we do not have control over this variant and its growth in England and apparently not in Scotland either’
Access to education in prisons should be prioritised as restrictions ease, charity says
Nearly 50% of people in prison have a literacy level at or below what’s needed for successful employment.
The London Capital and Finance scandal is another example of privatising profits and socialising losses
‘The state continues to douse fires, but there is no regulatory reform and no independent inquiry into the operations of the finance industry.’
From Mary Ann Nichols to Sarah Everard: Women on Britain’s unsafe streets
‘If we truly want to increase the safety for women on the streets, we must redirect our attention away from what women could do, to why men are making these streets unsafe for women.’
‘Labour must not dismiss its young voters, it should offer them hope’
‘We need someone to offer us hope – hope of affordable housing, of employment rights, of action on inequality.’