Left Foot Forward
We’ve given the banks almost total control over our day-to-day payments. What if they fail? #10YearsOn
The ability to make and receive payments is fundamental to our lives. We can’t and shouldn’t return to a purely cash-based economy, but we can put our money back in public hands.
We need buffer zones outside abortion clinics – the Home Secretary must reconsider
For many, many women, having an abortion is the toughest decision they will ever have to make. Imagine the distress and trauma that is added to that when they are confronted by those using intimidation and fear tactics to pressure them to reconsider.
Without action now, another crash is bound to happen #10YearsOn
Accounting, auditing, corporate governance and banking failures have already destroyed economies and livelihoods, but governments and regulators have done little to introduce meaningful reforms and their failures make the next crash more likely.
TUC Congress in context: thirty years ago “Europe was the only game in town” #TUC150
This year marked the 150th anniversary of the founding Congress, but it also marked the thirtieth anniversary of Jacques Delors’ famous speech. Three decades after Delors, who was President of the European Commission at the time, made a socialist argument for the European Project and won over many in the Labour Party who had previously opposed the EU, Brexit has pushed the issue back up the agenda.
‘We must demystify parliament to make it more accessible’: MPs push for change
Much of the public feel alienated from parliament. By making it more accessible, we can demystify parliament and, in the process, bring more people into politics and use their skills, expertise and collective knowledge.
It started out with a tweet: How we got the BBC to change its policy on ‘debating’ climate change
Rupert Read on how saying 'no' to an interview kicked off a series of events that led to a welcome u-turn from the BBC.