The Post Office Scandal shows how the UK is a hotbed of corruption and cronyism
The root cause of the scandal is corporate power and its ability to hound and silence people into submission.
Opinion
Ian Byrne MP: More than 100,000 eligible disabled children are unable to access the free school meals. The government must act.
‘The families of children with disabilities and special educational needs should not have had to fight this hard and for so long to receive what they are entitled to’
Britain is in the grip of a new form of feudalism
‘Feudalism never completely disappeared from the UK. It simply put on new garbs.’
Natalie Bennett: Schools, prison, welfare: they’re still Victorian in style
Social innovation is possible. It is happening in a fast-changing, multi-challenge world of environmental and social crisis. Just not in the UK.
Ten planning recommendations for the incoming Labour Government: Views from a practitioner
There is an opportunity for the incoming government to reshape planning policy and speed up housing delivery
Paul Nowak: With its New Deal, Labour have shown they will stand up for working-class communities
There are no two ways about it – working people have been abandoned by the Conservatives. It’s time for a reset.
Governments need to break with fossil fuel addiction to tackle the climate crisis
The brutal truth as we reflect on COP28 is that we are far from where we need to be to prevent catastrophic climate change
Here’s how the government is doing everything it can to attack workers and trade unions
‘It is all one-way traffic, designed to boost corporate profits, weaken worker rights and penalise trade unions’
We can’t tackle the climate crisis without voting reform
‘Effective action on climate chaos is purposefully rejected because First Past the Post (FPTP) privileges the voices and votes of a tiny minority’
Wera Hobhouse MP: Sustainable aviation fuel is “a game changer for the future of green transport”
‘One of the biggest obstacles to decarbonising the aviation industry is the amount of jet fuel being used per flight.’