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Latest Posts

German workers demanding a 28 hour week are going on strike. Is this the start of something big?

Tony Burke
8 January, 2018

A victory for the metal workers could prove a key step towards progressive employment in all industries as work is increasingly automated.

The Customs Bill could be a disaster for UK industry – it must be amended

Tony Burke
5 January, 2018

As it stands, the Customs Bill risks letting other countries deliberately undermine skilled jobs. Ministers need to listen up.

It’s easy for ex-politicians to speak up against Brexit. But where are Labour’s MPs?

James Coldwell
5 January, 2018

Labour MPs need to call Brexit out for what it is – and demand voters get another say.

How taxpayers are subsidising coffee chains’ green spin

Josiah Mortimer
5 January, 2018

The Environmental Audit Committee has accused coffee companies of misleading the public when it comes to recycling – while we pick up the tab.

Michael Gove is trying to face both ways on farming – but soon he’ll have to decide

Natalie Bennett
5 January, 2018

The Environment Secretary talked the talk at a grassroots farming conference this week. Just up the road however, he was giving very different signals to the industry.

NHS commissioning groups accepted millions in ‘secret’ payments from drug companies

Charlotte England
4 January, 2018

An investigation has revealed hundreds of undisclosed payments from pharma companies to the organisations responsible for buying and commissioning our healthcare services.

German unions are showing how to win a 28-hour week

Tony Burke
4 January, 2018

What can we learn from Europe’s largest union, which is pushing for members to work less for the same pay?

The Power of Documentary: A Look Back at the Films of John Pilger

Huseyin Kishi
4 January, 2018

A weekend at the British Library looked back on half a decade of incisive, groundbreaking and sometimes controversial video journalism.

The Sun is wrong: Taking back control of our rail network would save us a fortune

Josiah Mortimer
3 January, 2018

Taxpayers are giving Branson and co a free ride to the bank.

Toby Young is totally unfit to govern our university sector

George Cook
3 January, 2018

Time and again the free school zealot has shown that his views are incompatible with an open and inclusive education system.

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