Unsafe tower blocks are the result of decades of local authority cuts
It’s ultimately the government and Parliament’s responsibility to ensure housing is safe.
Public Services
Revealed: the shocking conditions homeless families in London are forced to live in
Siobhain McDonagh MP, who investigated the temporary accommodation in her borough, called it ‘an accident waiting to happen’.
To protect from harassment, MPs’ staff urgently need their union recognised
MPs have too much power over their employees. It’s time MPs’ staff had a collective voice.
Women’s refuges are closing around the country — this is the destructive reality of austerity
England is now short of 2000 refuge beds for women who have suffered domestic violence.
HALF of schools face a real-terms funding cut this year
The Tories claim education budgets are being protected — new analysis suggests they’re lying through their teeth.
The Tories just showed their utter contempt for those hurt by Universal Credit
The government didn’t even try to defend their controversial welfare reforms, failing to take part in a vote last night.
Thousands of NHS workers are assaulted every year. It’s time we protected them
Chris Bryant is calling for tougher sentences on those who attack our emergency service workers. MPs have a chance to put that into practice on Friday.
Mental health care saves lives. We must fight the Tories’ £500m-a-year cut to services
I’m transgender and a survivor of suicide. I know how important mental health care is. We can’t let the Tories get away with underfunding it, writes Sophie Cook.
Jeremy Hunt will ‘bring the gig economy into the NHS’ with new health worker app
The health secretary just announced a new NHS app to help staff ‘do extra hours at short notice’.
The Labour leadership are wrong. Renationalisation can happen whilst remaining in the EU
Labour’s promise to take back control of key public services should be welcomed — but it’s false to claim that this cannot be done whilst in the EU or single market, writes Green MEP Molly Scott Cato.