When shame left the room: racism, immigration, and Britain’s moral retreat
Britain is sliding backwards into open racism, fuelled by political silence, immigration narratives & the media. Can we reverse this fall?
Politics is full of scrutiny, but once in a while positive recognition doesn’t go amiss
Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone reflects on securing Pride in Place funding for his constituency
Why has devolution ground to a halt?
That’s a hammer blow to plans to deliver growth and to get power out of Whitehall and back into local communities.
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Six stories the Sun missed while raving about blue passports
Forget Cabinet sackings, Brexit bungling, government law-breaking and NHS disasters – it’s the return of blue passports that really matters today.
Brexit: Four reasons to be cheerful as we go into 2018 – and what must happen next
Labour MP Heidi Alexander says the government’s plans for a hard Brexit are looking weaker by the day – and says voters have the right to think again.
The Tories broke the law with ‘discriminatory’ cuts to disability benefits
164,000 people living with mental illness will now receive the benefits they were entitled to all along.
Create three million employee-owners to reduce inequality now, says think tank
Are new ownership models, that give people a stake and a say in the economy, the best way to genuinely ‘take back control’?
Outdated employer attitudes are still holding women back at work
A new report highlights the prevalence and persistence of gender stereotypes, which continue to make work more difficult for young women.
Our divided kingdom is failing unpaid carers. There is no excuse
The truth is we can afford to support unpaid carers if we want to – if the government embraced simple, effective policies like a wealth tax.
Stricter regulation for Uber is a victory for gig economy workers everywhere
The company is gradually being forced to take its responsibilities as an employer seriously.
PMQs: Theresa May quotes NHS chief, misses out everything critical he said right after
The PM failed to mention he warned “pressures are great and the system is already running at or close to full stretch”.
This vote in Parliament could give the public the final say on Brexit, but only if Labour back it
Tom Brake MP urges the Labour Party to back the Lib Dem’s call for a referendum on the deal.
Tory plans to scrap workers’ rights will scupper any Brexit trade deal. Here’s why
The government are going against the public, business leaders and even their own backbenchers trying to scrap the working time directive.