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Social Justice

Supreme Court dismissal of Pimlico Plumbers’ appeal offers hope – but little and late

Asad Rehman
19 June, 2018

Workers are celebrating a Supreme Court decision to grant Pimlico Plumbers’ “self-employed” full workers rights. But there’s still much do be done, writes Asad Rehman.

Frances O’Grady: Unions are starting to win the battle against forced self-employment

Frances O'Grady
15 June, 2018

The Pimlico Plumbers case sends a strong signal: bosses can no longer shun their responsibilities, writes the TUC’s General Secretary.

Scotland is helping to end ‘period poverty’. But is England being left behind?

Josiah Mortimer
30 May, 2018

Will the UK government listen up – or allow a dire situation to continue?

Britain’s health crisis is about poverty – not simply ‘poor choices’

Kevin Gulliver
18 May, 2018

There is a growing health divide in the UK – and austerity has a lot to answer for.

Five years since Rana Plaza, we must all learn lessons from the Bangladesh Accord

Jean Lambert MEP
25 April, 2018

Will the UK continue to use trade agreements to improve human rights after Brexit?

Nine months on, here’s how you can support the Grenfell Tower victims

Josiah Mortimer
11 April, 2018

A new poetry collection expresses the deep grief many are still experiencing after the Grenfell disaster. But it also raises funds to help rebuild communities in the aftermath.

Is Scotland about to scrap council tax?

Oscar Webb
27 March, 2018

The Greens and the SNP are looking at replacing the tax with a more progressive alternative and will vote on it tomorrow.

The Tories just admitted they don’t know why homelessness is rising. Here’s a reminder

19 March, 2018

It’s got something to do with their eight year campaign of austerity…

Social rights are finally entering the political mainstream – but they’re also in jeopardy

Paul Hunt
13 March, 2018

Arguments for inalienable rights to healthcare, decent housing and education are in jeopardy from the Tories.

Revealed: not a single person has been prosecuted under the Tories’ offshore tax evasion laws

Oscar Webb
12 March, 2018

While more and more people who can’t afford to pay council tax are being prosecuted and jailed.

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