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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Here’s everything wrong with May’s big speech on the housing crisis
From growing homelessness and social housing waiting lists to dropping house building, the Tories have utterly failed to address the housing crisis.
Biggest student protest in 5 years: hundreds occupy universities over staff pension strike
“Our staff deserve dignity and fair treatment, not poverty in retirement”, say student protestors.
Over half of those in poverty are now from working households – work isn’t paying in Tory Britain
Stagnating wages and Tory austerity have forced millions of working families into poverty.
Anna Turley MP: the time’s come for a progressive national ID card
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Jenny Jones: the government may be about to lose this debate on animal sentience in the Lords
I am putting forward the same amendment in the Lords as Caroline Lucas MP did in the Commons, that would officially say the UK recognises animal sentience.
This Tory privatisation in the prison service is putting workers, the public and ex-offenders at risk
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May blames “nimby councils” for housing crisis, ignoring 30 years of Tory attacks on social housing
The PM thinks she can get away with blaming local authorities for the lack of house building in the UK, totally ignoring the facts.
The Greens officially rejected that Labour affiliation idea
The party’s spring conference responded directly to the suggestion made by Guardian columnist Owen Jones.
The scale of Brexit’s impact on the NHS is becoming clear
New figures show the effect Brexit is having on NHS recruitment with worse yet to come unless the government take real action.