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Tories ridiculed for proposing to ban four day week

Chris Jarvis
Today

“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer money.”

A group of people on a stage with a sign reading four day week

New petition calls for referendum on public ownership of water

Chris Jarvis
Today

Feargal Sharkey is backing the petition

WASP campaigners who have launched the petition for a referendum for public ownership of water

Labour’s achievements this week: Lifting 450,000 children out of poverty and delivering workers’ rights

Basit Mahmood
Today

Change doesn’t happen overnight, yet slowly and surely, this government is delivering after 14 years of Tory austerity

Keir Starmer

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May’s anti-corruption strategies are failing, but they don’t have to be

Anneliese Dodds
16 May, 2018

The Tory Government has weakened the Anti-Money Laundering Bill again and again. Anneliese Dodds explains how, if made stronger, it could end corruption in Britain.

How women are organising against ‘sexist’ Brexit

Nina Parker
15 May, 2018

Many of women’s fundamental rights are enshrined under European law. Brexit could reverse all that. Nina Parker sends a call to arms.

Why a County Durham community is taking on a mining firm

Natalie Bennett
15 May, 2018

In a region full of natural wonder, an energy and property development firm is trying to build a coal mine. In 2018. Natalie Bennett reports.

MPs to attend republican meet-up on royal wedding day

Joana Ramiro
15 May, 2018

Anti-monarchist campaigners will assemble in London on the day of Prince Harry’s wedding. And two-thirds of Brits are indifferent to the event.

The Bank of England risks fuelling climate change. Here’s how it can change

Joana Ramiro
15 May, 2018

A report launching in Parliament gives vital advice on how to “hardwire” Britain’s central bank to the environmental upheavals to come.

Army-veteran finally convicted for antisemitic hate speech

Joana Ramiro
14 May, 2018

Neo-Nazi leader Jeremy Bedford-Turner has been convicted after the CPS delayed the trial by over two years.

Sunday Times Rich List: Despicable evidence of Britain’s inequality

Kevin Gulliver
14 May, 2018

The gap between the poor and the super rich is growing. Kevin Gulliver writes about how the government could tackle this tragedy.

Why I didn’t feel like dancing after Israel’s Eurovision victory

Joana Ramiro
14 May, 2018

Netta Barzilai thanked the contest’s voters for “accepting differences between us”. One could only wish Israel would espouse the same principles.

Carer

Even MPs agree: Care workers need more pay now

Christina McAnea
11 May, 2018

A Public Accounts Committee report this week revealed how care workers are leaving the profession due to crippling low pay – and the Government has done nothing.

Could latest ruling change people’s minds about Brexit?

Joana Ramiro
11 May, 2018

Leave.EU just got fined £70,000 for breaching election law during the 2016 referendum campaign. So is ‘hard Brexit’ finally dead?

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