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Tories ridiculed for proposing to ban four day week

Chris Jarvis
Yesterday

“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer money.”

A group of people on a stage with a sign reading four day week

New petition calls for referendum on public ownership of water

Chris Jarvis
Yesterday

Feargal Sharkey is backing the petition

WASP campaigners who have launched the petition for a referendum for public ownership of water

Labour’s achievements this week: Lifting 450,000 children out of poverty and delivering workers’ rights

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

Change doesn’t happen overnight, yet slowly and surely, this government is delivering after 14 years of Tory austerity

Keir Starmer

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A photo of Nigel Farage at Reform UK's local election campaign rally in Birmingham
News

Reform UK’s ‘biggest ever’ rally falls short of expectations

Olivia Barber
31 March, 2025

Reform claimed 10,000 tickets were sold, but the many empty seats showed attendance was lower

Woke-bashing of the week – ‘Christianphobia’ – the right’s latest culture war against inclusivity

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 March, 2025

There’s a new word doing the rounds… ‘Christianphobia.’  And the right accuses us ‘woke lefties’ of misusing language to manipulate discourse.

Disability
News

As the right continues its assault on remote work, researchers urge policy protection for disabled workers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 March, 2025

Amid the criticism, one key group is being overlooked – disabled workers.

Right-Wing Media Watch – GB News’ outrage over teaching union’s apparent comments about Reform

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 March, 2025

It doesn’t take much for Nigel Farage’s loyal employer GB News to jump to the defence of the Reform UK leader.

News

Manchester’s homelessness camps are growing despite success of ‘a bed every night’ scheme

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 March, 2025

Homelessness remains an urgent issue in Manchester.

Right-Wing Watch

The return of disability scapegoating

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 March, 2025

Fast forward 14 years since the Sun’s repugnant ‘Beat the Cheat’ campaign, and the same misguided and exaggerated vilification of disabled people has resurfaced, this time under a Labour government.

Brexit
News

Macclesfield Labour MP lauded for ‘superb’ speech on rejoining the EU

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 March, 2025

Unsurprisingly, the debate received little coverage from mainstream media.

A photo of Gary Stevenson speaking on BBC Question Time
News

Gary Stevenson ‘takes down’ GB News host in wealth tax debate on BBC Question Time

Olivia Barber
28 March, 2025

“Why are we taxing working people more than billionaires? Tax wealth, not work”

A photo of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivering the government's Spring Statement
Opinion

Why austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity

Prem Sikka
28 March, 2025

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement is atest

Ashfield
News

Lee Anderson’s constituents left shocked after being told about Reform’s plans to start charging for the NHS

Basit Mahmood
28 March, 2025

Constituents in Ashfield, which is represented by Reform UK’s Lee Anderson were left shocked after learning about the party’s plans to make people pay to use the NHS. In a video released by the Trades Union Congress, people are askedtest

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