Caroline Lucas: The government’s attacks on the rights of nurses must be resisted
‘The equal pay act was over half a century ago. Yet the Chancellor thinks he can get away with underpaying a predominantly female workforce’
Opinion
The Tories’ plans are a major threat to every aspect of employment, health and safety law
‘The scrapping of record keeping means the regulations on long working hours effectively become unenforceable.’
The local elections confirm that Labour is on course for power – but not a majority
‘Labour needs to win the national popular vote by 9pts in order to win an overall majority, which would require an 11% swing – bigger than the swing achieved by Tony Blair in 1997’
The UK economy needs rebalancing in favour of workers
‘Any political party seeking to avoid long-term economic stagnation and social disorder needs to do two things – increase workers’ share of GDP and reduce capital’s share.’
First Past the Post is at the heart of a lack of trust in politics
In 2019, 71% of all votes cast had no impact on the outcome of the election, either because they went to candidates who lost, or went into padding the majorities of winning MPs.
Here’s a world-leading step the government could take to tackle tax evasion
With the cost of corruption put at 5% of global GDP annually, this is a global scourge
The local elections show how anti-housing Tories are on the ropes
Some big names have been taken down, for better or worse
Paul Nowak: Government must dump the reckless Retained EU Law Bill in its entirety
‘Unions won’t rest until we know our vital rights at work are safe.’
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What do the polls tell us about Thursday’s local elections?
Are the Tories heading for a wipeout?