Treasury selling NatWest off at loss is missed opportunity to ‘rejuvenate economy’
‘NatWest could have been transformed into a people’s bank…but the government has shown no vision.’
Prof Prem Sikka: Pandemics destroy lives but neoliberalism is deadly too
UK politics is increasingly framed by markets, corporate profits and tax cuts rather than concerns about humanity, compassion and care, says Prem Sikka.
‘When I had Covid there was no support’: Harsh reality for UK’s migrant communities
In a new report, the UK’s migrant communities share some of the devastating situations they have found themselves in during the pandemic.
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Labour tells government to ‘get a grip’ over mixed messages on Covid isolation
Ministers have been going around saying the public do not need to isolate when, um, told to isolate by the NHS Covid-19 app.
DAMNING report from HM Prisons Inspector finds ‘shambolic’ outsourcing failings
Priti Patel’s department didn’t even know the location of all its short-term holding facilities for refugees.
UnionDues: ‘Industry without art is brutality’ – meeting the Artists Union of England
Many of their members got no support from the coronavirus income protection schemes, Simon Sapper writes.
Health and social care workers ‘appalled’ at exemption from self-isolation
From today, frontline NHS and social care staff in England won’t have to isolate after being pinged by the app
Ken Loach and Bakers’ Union president could be expelled from the Labour Party on Tuesday
Certain left-wing groups are set to be proscribed from the Labour Party as Sir Keir Starmer pushes to get rid of “toxic extremism”.
Prof Prem Sikka: Why we must resist the Elderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill
Tories want to push their favoured insurance-backed approach, which at best will only benefit a few wealthy individuals, says Prem Sikka.
Minister slammed for breaching Samaritans guidance on discussing suicide
The vaccines minister tried to blame lockdown as the cause of people taking their lives.
“Opening on Monday is madness”: Scientists warn cases will rise as restrictions are lifted
“Who knows where we’ll be in six weeks’ time, but it’s not going to be anywhere better than we are now,” says Professor Christine Pagel.
Watchdogs’ report describes “cycle” of increasingly low rape prosecutions
“We need a criminal justice system that understands trauma, puts victims and survivors at its heart and is accountable,” says Rape Crisis England & Wales.
“A safe working environment is not a choice, it is an obligation”: MP mask row grows
Unions say this is a stark example of how rules in Parliament apply only to some and not to others.
