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Grenfell fire: council leader slammed as a ‘disgrace’ at heated public meeting
“You should be ashamed of yourself!” the leader of Kensington and Chelsea counil was told last night by survivors of the Grenfell fire.
Murdoch’s bid to take over Sky just hit a wall
Fox’s fake news story last week may be about to cost the Murdochs dearly.
Campaigners are demanding supermarkets drop the tampon tax – and they’re already winning
A new petition is calling on all supermarkets to follow Tesco and Waitrose’s lead in scrapping the tax on periods.
Failing privatised probation services must be nationalised, say unions
Firms are being bailed out with public money amid a rise in serious offenses under privatisation.
Whitewash: The accountancy sector is trying to gloss over its role in tax avoidance
A new report on how much tax accountancy and law businesses pay fails to give the whole picture on the tax avoidance industry.
The Sun ripped off Charlie Gard parents Mail interview and said it was ‘exclusive’
The Gard family are complaining to the press regulator IPSO over the newspaper’s actions following their son’s death.
Half of maternity wards had to shut last year due to “shameful” lack of staff or beds
One hospital said it had to turn away expectant mothers 30 times in 2016 because of “insufficient midwifery staffing for workload”
The UK is paying EU half of what Brexit campaigners claimed
Britain’s contribution to the EU is less than half the £350 million figure used by the Vote Leave campaign.
Huge anti-Brexit protest being planned outside Tory conference
Organisers say the demonstration will kick off an ‘Autumn of Discontent’ over Brexit and will attract hundreds of thousands.
As climate warnings become more dire, we need vision and drastic action
Politicians need to present a grand offer to the public on climate change, only then will it be possible to win support for the measures needed to avert calamity.