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MPs call for Universal Credit expansion to be delayed, warning system on brink of ‘collapse’
Members of DWP committee fear next month’s planned roll-out could leave ‘hundreds of thousands’ without benefits.
The car industry has had enough of Brexit bickering – it must have clarity
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence on Friday, some of the UK’s biggest automotive manufacturers have made it clear to Theresa May that they are tired of their concerns being ignored.
More people are dying in immigration detention centres. It is time to shut them down
Two detainees have died in the same month the BBC broadcast secret footage of guards abusing and neglecting people inside Brook House IRC
With peers who barely speak claiming millions in expenses, we must reform the House of Lords
New research reveals the scandal of silent peers claiming more than the average British wage in expenses.
TUC President Sally Hunt on a changing union movement: “We’re not interested in being a relic”
In an exclusive interview with Left Foot Forward, the new figurehead of the UK union movement says: “We have to be where young people are – not where we are.”
The racism we see today didn’t come out of nowhere. To fight it, we need to look at history
A new book traces the roots of racism in Britain up to the present day – and shows the left need to be bolder in battling it.
Brexiteers pinning their hopes on a Merkel victory need to take a reality check
While some on the right expect a Merkel win to be good for Britain, Germans are not minded to give Theresa May a friendly deal.
Daily Mail writes two articles on same climate study with wildly differing conclusions
The print issue claims climate change warnings were ‘exaggerated’ whilst the online only article says climate change is very real and we need to act immediately.
Hundreds are still fighting fracking in Lancashire — and this community resistance will spread
Fracking leads to water and air pollution, earthquakes and, ultimately, climate change. Caroline Lucas meets the local people fighting it on the frontline who’ve seen its effects.
Failing to pay the minimum wage is theft — bosses doing it should be prosecuted
Large, high street companies persistently underpay their staff. We need strong new measures for tackling this exploitation.