Campaigners call for conversion therapy ban now, after 5 years of waiting
‘Every month that goes by means more LGBTQ+ people abused and exposed to lifelong harm’
Social Justice
Leeds hosts Northern March for the NHS
‘Our demands include safe staffing and fair pay for NHS workers, an end to outsourcing as divisive and wasteful, and an immediate injection of capital funding to help start repairing the damage of 13 years of Conservative neglect.’
Rwanda scheme ruled unlawful in win for asylum charity
The ruling serves a huge blow to Suella Braverman’s Rwanda plan
Illegal Migration Bill suffers multiple defeats in House of Lords
Lords vote to reject key elements of the widely condemned Bill
The reasons why the UK economy is at the bottom of the G7 growth table
We need to invest directly in new industries, promote equitable distribution of income and wealth, reform corporate governance and take action on dead-weights dragging the economy down.
Watchdog finds 14,000 people denied from voting due to Tories’ ID policy
‘It is an outrage that thousands of people were denied a voice at the local elections because of the Conservative Party’s Voter ID rules.’
Government’s ‘inhumane’ plan to house asylum seekers in barge on Merseyside axed following local campaigning
The proposal to place hundreds of people seeking asylum in Britain on a vessel in Birkenhead will no longer go ahead.
How European countries are cutting homeowner’s energy bills
As households continue to feel the sting of eye-watering energy costs in Britain, how are other nations in Europe helping to reduce citizens’ energy consumption and costs?
Five proven benefits of Universal Basic Income
As the debate rolls on about UBI, we look at the proven benefits of a welfare scheme that provides a level of economic security to everyone and how the evidence so far does not necessarily support critics’ concerns.
Charities, unions and debt experts warn interest rates rise could mean vulnerable people face ‘unmanageable debt’
‘The scarring effects may be felt for years to come, in the form of worse health and unmanageable debts.’
