Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’
Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues
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Home Office routinely disbelieves people – even those claiming asylum from persecution
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
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
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
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
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
Austerity is hitting hard – but progressive councils are finding ways around it.
BREAKING: Majority back new in-out EU referendum in event of ‘no deal’
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
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
Student accommodation residents are refusing to pay rent after health and safety complaints were ignored by London university management.
Revealed: The revolving door between Westminster and the fossil fuel industry
Public interest is at risk when successive officials and elected representatives leave the corridors of power to join the fossil fuel lobby. Molly Scott Cato writes.