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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Natalie Bennett: The anti-fracking campaign is stepping up its game. Where’s Corbyn?
From Blackpool to Yorkshire, protests are showing this can be the year we kill off the idea of fracking in England.
BBC Radio 4 gets into trouble with Rivers of Blood production
Listeners were not pleased when the public broadcaster announced it would transmit Enoch Powell’s infamous speech for the first time ever.
Game of Thrones workers are disputing their ‘poverty pay’
Game of Thrones producers shell out £10 million per episode, but some of its workers are on poverty pay.
The government is removing disabled people’s access to politics by stealth
Parliamentary candidates are legally challenging the government on cutting a disability fund. Emily Brothers explains why.
Nine months on, here’s how you can support the Grenfell Tower victims
A new poetry collection expresses the deep grief many are still experiencing after the Grenfell disaster. But it also raises funds to help rebuild communities in the aftermath.
Barry Gardiner’s Good Friday Agreement comments reflect Labour’s weakness on Brexit
Claiming the Good Friday Agreement has been ‘played up’ in the Brexit debate was a gross error – but not an isolated one.
Revealed: How investment funds are ripping us off in retirement
While new transparency rules are welcome, sky-high pay in city investment firms is costing us all dearly. Until inequality is tackled, we’ll continue to lose out.
The Big Four accountancy firms have long pushed tax avoidance. It’s time for regulation
Complex tax dodging schemes by the ‘Big Four’ are constantly being thrown out by the courts. But why is nothing done to penalise them?
Protest over rail public ownership erupts at Kings Cross
Activists picketed Britain’s most famous train station, Kings Cross, demanding renationalisation of the much maligned East Coast line.
Campaigns join forces to bring EU voters to the ballot box
With a week to go until the voter registration deadline, three social justice groups have teamed up to give migrants a voice.