Why is Universal Credit sanctioning three times more people than its predecessor?
The system pioneered by the Tories is either broken or was set up to punish those most in need of state support.
Social Justice
Harassment is rife in the media — and precarity only makes it worse
Precarious employment means women are less empowered to fight back against sexual harassment. This needs to change.
Revealed: Tory tax cuts for the rich have cost the UK £8.6bn in lost revenue
George Osborne’s 2012 cut in the highest rate of income tax from 50p to 45p lost billions in public revenue — handy if you’re superrich though.
300,000 people are homeless in Britain and it’s a direct result of Tory austerity
In one London borough 1 in 25 people are homeless. It’s a crisis the government did nothing to stop.
Whilst the rich hide their wealth abroad, a fifth of the UK live on poverty wages
The British establishment have allowed millions of people to fall into poverty whilst the country’s wealth is siphoned off abroad.
Why IPSA won’t recognise the parliamentary staffers’ union — and what can be done about it
The body regulating parliamentary standards must challenge the culture of casual harassment and abuse.
The Greens are calling on Labour to back electoral reform. There’s never been a better time to do so
If the party are really “for the many not the few” they need to get serious on reforming our broken voting system.
EXCLUSIVE: culture of sexual abuse and cover-ups in Westminster, says staffer
MPs see themselves as a “different class of person” so feel they have “free reign”, an anonymous source told LFF.
The market will only ever exploit those in poverty — we need a societal response
Rent-to-own company BrightHouse were recently fined £14m for exploiting customers and repossessing goods.
A £2bn Labour council regeneration scheme is being challenged in the High Court
If the Haringey Development Vehicle goes ahead it will be the biggest transfer of public assets to a semi-private company in British history.