Left Foot Forward
Do we still need the Green Party?
We now have an insurgent left-wing Labour party in this country - does this make the Greens redundant?
The SNP just challenged the government to make unpaid ‘work trials’ illegal
The exploitative practice sees employers demanding new staff work trial shifts for nothing before being offered paid employment, or not, as the case may be.
Hard border between UK and Ireland “unavoidable” warns Irish civil service Brexit report
The effect of Brexit on Ireland will be "profound" said Ireland’s equivalent of HM Revenue and Customs in an internal paper.
2.3 million Londoners in poverty despite record low unemployment, new report finds
Over half of those in poverty are in working families, a damning inditement of work in Tory Britain.
This council just gave carers a 10% pay rise
Despite facing significant cuts, Salford Council is giving carers a significant pay hike. But it follows dedicated campaigning by workers and local activists.
Let’s face it: the main contenders to take on May are just as hopeless as she is
The potential Conservative leadership election is already looking like a battle of weak vs weaker - in a bitterly-divided, rump Tory party.