Frances O’Grady: Unions are starting to win the battle against forced self-employment
The Pimlico Plumbers case sends a strong signal: bosses can no longer shun their responsibilities, writes the TUC’s General Secretary.
Social Justice
Scotland is helping to end ‘period poverty’. But is England being left behind?
Will the UK government listen up – or allow a dire situation to continue?
Britain’s health crisis is about poverty – not simply ‘poor choices’
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
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
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?
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
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
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
While more and more people who can’t afford to pay council tax are being prosecuted and jailed.
Here’s everything wrong with May’s big speech on the housing crisis
From growing homelessness and social housing waiting lists to dropping house building, the Tories have utterly failed to address the housing crisis.