Could York lead the way on proportional representation?
Labour and Lib Dem councillors in York unanimously supported a motion to replace First Past the Post with proportional representation
Successive governments have failed to learn lessons of Grenfell Tragedy
The conditions that facilitated the tragedy remain unchecked
We need to end the hostile environment, not create a moral panic against LGBT asylum seekers
Government policies are creating the conditions through which unethical actors can profit
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Revealed: Where up to a quarter of your water bill is really going
It’s been branded ‘daylight robbery’
Tory MP Esther McVey ridiculed for absurd Daily Mail front page splash waging ‘war on woke’
Esther McVey is not at all clear what she will be waging war on
Tory MP Miriam Cates under investigation by MP’s standards watchdog
The right wing culture warrior is being investigated for “actions causing significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole, or of its Members generally”
The Tories are still planning to force teachers to out trans pupils to parents
Government guidance is set to be published this week
Using MRIs and X-rays will not help keep refugee children safe, Refugee Council warns
As well as ethical concerns, there is no evidence to show that biological methods provide greater certainly of age than the existing holistic age assessment methods.
Big surprise! – Right now attacking Charles as ‘woke’ King
Being green and sharing compassion for refugees, the Right continue to demand that King Charles stays out of politics. But, as with Gary Lineker, the row isn’t really about impartiality, something the Right always takes the moral high ground on, but is another attempt to discredit the decency of progressive values.
A new era for English devolution: Greater Manchester to get new ‘Scotland-style’ freedom over finances
The single settlement system will change the way the region is able to tackle social issues, taking on a more preventative approach.
Government’s Windsor Framework deal described as ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports
‘A lot of manufacturers will probably just give up on the European market.’
Hilarious clip of Rishi Sunak’s lack of memory at the Covid Inquiry goes viral
‘He doesn’t recall much, does he?’
Less than 1-in-10 think public services have improved under the Tories
The dire poll findings show the sheer scale of dissatisfaction with the Tories, who have vowed to ‘level up the country’, amid rising inequality, poverty and crumbling public services.