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Breaking: Uber drivers entitled to basic workers’ rights, rules employment tribunal
An employment tribunal has said that Uber’s workers are entitled to sick pay, holiday and statuary minimum wage, rejecting the company’s appeal against the decision.
The Tories say cutting corporation tax boosts revenue. Here’s why it’s a lie
They want to cut it to 17 per cent, one of the lowest rates in the world, and it’s not sustainable.
We shouldn’t praise the Tories for resettling 8,000 Syrian refugees
Not only is this far too few, it is also a distraction from the numerous other ways in which the Government is letting refugees down.
Universal Credit in Stafford: ‘Everyone affected by the roll-out is in rent arrears’
Even in a relatively affluent part of the UK, the new system is making people homeless and increasing dependence on food banks.
Lessons from Brexit: The defence of globalism must appeal to more than mere pragmatism
Through passionate rhetoric addressing questions of identity and autonomy, the Leave campaign tapped into something the more cautious and technocratic Remain campaign failed to understand.
Fiji is presiding over the UN’s climate talks. The island nation faces the brunt of climate change
“Unless the world acts decisively to begin addressing the greatest challenge of our age, then the Pacific, as we know it, is doomed”, the country’s Prime Minister said.
Why has an independence movement flourished in Catalonia but declined in the Basque Country?
The regions’ have vastly differing political alliances and histories with the central Spanish state, says academic Caroline Gray.
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.
Was Liam Fox’s consultation on the Brexit Trade Bill a sham?
The government’s consultation on a crucial Brexit bill closed a matter of hours before Ministers were announcing the final document on the airwaves.
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