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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These groups will be hit hardest by changes to Universal Credit
Yet again, changes to the benefit system will be disproportionately detrimental to women and people from ethnic minority groups.
Climate campaigners disrupt Mayor’s questions over ‘broken promises’
A London-based activist group swarmed City Hall this morning, to make sure the Mayor keeps his promises on saving the environment.
It’s official: Free schools have failed to deliver
Academies – one of the coalition’s flagship policies in 2010 – have not lived up to any of Michael Gove’s big promises, a new report has found.
Nigel Farage just withdrew this libel against anti-racism campaigners
The Brexiteer then desperately took to Twitter to moan about the group again. Diddums.
Vince Cable: I was asked to lead a new pro-Remain party. Here’s why I said no
The ‘pop-up’ anti-Brexit parties have little real interest in democratic politics in the UK. Voters should beware.
The end of trade unions isn’t inevitable – but it is possible. Here’s how they can reverse the decline
A new report sets out a plan to reverse the union movement’s decline. Leaders should listen closely.
Why we can’t afford to build a new runway
The big airports have invented a so-called ‘capacity crisis’. But the real crisis is with our climate, as news emerges that emissions are set to rise.
Unsafe tower blocks are the result of decades of local authority cuts
It’s ultimately the government and Parliament’s responsibility to ensure housing is safe.
Carbon emissions are on the up. It’s time to stop all state support to the fossil fuel industry
It’s too late for natural gas and shale gas to replace more polluting coal and oil — we need renewables now.
Given the BBC’s power and influence, its mythology must always be challenged
Despite its reputation as impartial and independent the BBC is neither, Tom Mills argues in his book on the corporation — the BBC has always had the state’s interests at heart.