Food bank usage in the capital is on the rise as wealth inequality soars
While Londoners are driven to food banks in their hundreds, the richest in the capital keep raking in the chips.
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Why wouldn’t some idiots burn an effigy of Grenfell? The government has treated survivors with just as much contempt
The vile Bonfire Night joke that went viral on social media is not an isolated case. It is directly linked to Tory politics. Joana Ramiro explains.
Protecting our children means keeping local nurseries open – and this Labour council should know it
As Tower Hamlets ponders over closing its three remaining local authority nurseries, campaigners (and some brave councillors) are fighting to save them. Alena Ivanova writes.
This councillor has declared war on the “hostile environment” – and he’s winning
Labour politicians in South London have successfully changed council policy affecting vulnerable migrants in their borough last night. Cllr Jack Buck explains how.
To rebuild Britain small business and state enterprise will have to come together
Kevin Gulliver argues that Labour will need the ‘big battalions’ of the state and the ‘little platoons’ of civic society to build a fairer Britain.
Why Labour’s plan for workers on company boards could revolutionise our economy
LFF Contributing Editor Prem Sikka led the team behind Labour’s latest economic policy – and explains why it’s essential to turn the UK’s economy around.
Why the PM’s social housing pledges are too little and too late
Technocratic tinkering won’t solve the housing crisis.
These scandals show Parliament is broken: now MPs are pushing for an overhaul
As Parliament debates introducing proxy voting for MPs, a new pamphlet shows reform of how the Commons works is long overdue.
New figures show it’s time to end the privileged position of religion in public life
Most people aren’t religious – so why is the Church still granted a special role in public institutions?
The practical response to our society’s widening inequality? A partial basic income
Following Natalie Bennett’s argument for a universal basic income, Karen Buck MP and Declan Gaffney argue there is an easier, more practical option.