The King’s Speech was a recipe for repression and economic vandalism
“The policies outlined in the King’s Speech deepen repression and social divisions, and do not provide a springboard for economic rejuvenation.”
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Sarah Olney MP: The UK apprenticeship system is failing our young people
‘The UK is currently facing a chronic skills gap and investing in apprenticeships will help in addressing the issue’
No more dither or delay: the government must finally ban conversion therapy
This failure to tackle such heinous practices reflects, and likely contributes to, a growing atmosphere of hostility towards LGBT+ people in the UK
The fight against Big Food is just getting started-Farmers and consumers are trapped in a deeply unhealthy system
There’s also, of course, undeniable evidence about the major contributions of the food system to the climate emergency and nature crisis
The most shocking government failures the Covid Inquiry learned of this week
It was a week of hugely significant and potentially damning testimony.
Here’s how the Tories will continue their war on the less well-off in the King’s speech
The government will seek to buttress its claims of being a ‘law and order’ party by cracking down on the homeless, hungry and unfortunate
Wera Hobhouse MP: How new legislation will strengthen protections for workers against sexual harassment
On the 20th of October, the government took a bold step in the right direction towards ending workplace sexual harassment by letting my Private Member’s Bill the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill 2022-23 pass
One year of Rishi Sunak: The PM’s biggest U-turns and broken promises
From Net Zero to EU law, here are the biggest reversals of policy and promises we have seen Sunak make in just 12 months.
How the Tories turned the UK into a repressive state
The Tories have been stripping away people’s rights
The government isn’t waging a war on poverty. It’s waging a war on the poor.
The British state has declared war on low and middle income families