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Melbourne’s bungled hotel quarantine shows some things are too important to outsource

Joe Lo
Yesterday

The quarantine’s failures led to a second wave in Melbourne which killed hundreds.

Exclusive: Nigel Farage lost 50,000 followers after Twitter suspends QAnon accounts

Joe Lo
Yesterday

Other right-wing politicians across the world suffered similar falls.

Prem Sikka: To level up and boost the economy, let’s tax ‘capital gains’ like we do income

Prem Sikka
Yesterday

Wealthy peoples’ capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than income tax.

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Prof Prem Sikka: The post-Brexit race to the bottom has already begun

Prem Sikka
15 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

Sunak has workers rights, environmental standards and financial regulation in his sights.

Angel of the North

Government will move Treasury staff north, fulfilling Labour manifesto pledge

Joe Lo
14 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

John McDonnell said Labour’s policy would shift political gravity away from London.

Spanish Deliveroo riders’ victory shows power of unions to get laws enforced

Edward Anderson
14 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

A Spanish court ruled they were workers and so entitled to social security payments.

Bosses turn down mums’ furlough requests, forcing kids into schools

Joe Lo
14 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

Could you do your job and teach kids at the same time?

Poll shows No.10 was wrong to say there’s “no clamour” for 24-7 vaccinations

Joe Lo
14 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

43% of Brits would take a late-night jab.

Tory MP accuses public of ‘instant outrage’ free school meals

Lucy Skoulding
14 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

A Twitter post shared a a ‘pitiful’ amount of food from a free school meal bag meant to last for 10 days

George Floyd

Protestors demand answers over death of young man arrested in Cardiff

Raoul Walawalker
13 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

Events in Cardiff yesterday brought the protests following George Floyd’s death sharply back to mind, writes Raoul Walawalker

Radical roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 13th January 2021

Josiah Mortimer
13 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…

Notes from a GP: A week inside the Government’s mishandling of the Covid crisis

Onkar Sahota
13 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

Our NHS staff deserve so much better than the shambles they’re getting from Ministers.

job centre

Government again denies flaws in Universal Credit – despite grim testimony given to MPs

Lucy Skoulding
12 January, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

‘The new lockdown will have brought a renewed sense of financial dread for many families’

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