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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“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer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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Failing to pay the national minimum wage should be a criminal offence

Prem Sikka
11 May, 2018

The number of workers on low pay is increasing and more are finding that employers are not honouring the minimum wage laws.

home office immigration

Home Office routinely disbelieves people – even those claiming asylum from persecution

10 May, 2018

Gillian McFadyen explains how the Windrush scandal is a direct result of institutional prejudice inside our migration services.

Here’s all the times the Lords have defeated the Tory Brexit plan

Joana Ramiro
10 May, 2018

Week upon week the House of Lords has amended the government’s EU Withdrawal Bill. Here are all the amendments made to the Tories’ hard Brexit plans.

The scale of Britain’s insecure jobs crisis in now clear

Joana Ramiro
10 May, 2018

Figures released by the TUC show how nearly 4 million are stuck in the precarious world of the ‘gig-economy’.

How much ending PFI would actually cost

Josiah Mortimer
9 May, 2018

Hint: It’s not anywhere near as much as the right would have you believe…

EXCLUSIVE: Parties’ positions on Brexit are totally unclear, say voters

LFF Reporter
9 May, 2018

Chris Leslie MP: “Labour voters are overwhelmingly opposed to a hard and destructive Brexit, so it’s time for the party’s position to start reflecting that more clearly.”

Here’s what Labour councils can do in the face of government cuts

Jason Brock
9 May, 2018

Austerity is hitting hard – but progressive councils are finding ways around it.

Brexit

BREAKING: Majority back new in-out EU referendum in event of ‘no deal’

LFF Reporter
9 May, 2018

The findings come in the wake of a government defeat on membership of the European Economic Area – and amid growing splits in the main parties.

A Labour MP is calling for a second Brexit referendum in Parliament

Joana Ramiro
9 May, 2018

Gareth Thomas is proposing a bill to ensure Brexit won’t happen without a People’s Vote. Here he tells Left Foot Forward why it matters.

Students strike on rent pay after mice and flooding complaints

Joana Ramiro
8 May, 2018

Student accommodation residents are refusing to pay rent after health and safety complaints were ignored by London university management.

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