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Tories ridiculed for proposing to ban four day week

Chris Jarvis
Today

“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer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

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
Today

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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Boris Johnson walking up a set of stairs smiling

Boris Johnson could return to the Telegraph as global editor-in-chief as Nadhim Zahawi plots bid

Basit Mahmood
13 August, 2024

Johnson has longstanding links with the Telegraph, having previously written a column for the paper and having started his journalism career there.

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Labour minister launches brutal takedown of Elon Musk’s X

Basit Mahmood
12 August, 2024

‘I don’t wish to fish in that particular pond anymore.’

Brexit

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters want Labour government to seek closer ties with the EU, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
12 August, 2024

The poll findings come at a time of widespread dissatisfaction among the public with Brexit, with polls consistently showing that a majority of voters believe Brexit to have been a mistake.

US Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris
Opinion

Labour unions and the US presidential election

Tony Burke
12 August, 2024

‘Trump is on the back foot and US unions are now openly fronting up their members and their families to vote for Harris.’

Nigel Farage

Brexit voters have a negative view of Nigel Farage for first time ever, poll shows

Basit Mahmood
12 August, 2024

Among leave voters, Farage has a popularity rating of -4.

News

Musicians’ Union to approach government to raise post-Brexit touring concerns

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 August, 2024

‘It’s very encouraging to hear the need to find solutions for touring musicians mentioned so often by the Labour ministers.’

News

Examples of anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric in right-wing press that led to reprimand

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 August, 2024

These hostile stories about Muslims and immigrants in the right-wing newspapers were criticised at the time, but unfortunately, the reprimand did little to permanently eliminate such inflammatory headlines.

News

Mediterranean heatwave would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, say climate scientists

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 August, 2024

This summer’s heatwave in southern Europe follows 13 consecutive months of extreme global heat, with each month setting a new record for the hottest ever recorded.

News

‘Terrifying’: How has the European media reacted to the UK riots?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 August, 2024

‘This will end badly and will extend to other European countries.’

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
Opinion

The state needs reconstructing so it delivers on welfare for people, not corporations

Prem Sikka
9 August, 2024

‘There is no guaranteed income for citizens but the state guarantees corporate profits.’

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