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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“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer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 level results
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A level results reveal widening gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students

Basit Mahmood
18 August, 2023

‘Initial data show some worrying trends for educational inequality, with potential long-term implications for social mobility.’

University strikes
News

University Vice Chancellor defends 350k+ salary by saying they run ‘big businesses’

Hannah Davenport
18 August, 2023

“Can you imagine any other place in which a customer would pay that much money and be treated this badly?”

Conservative Party rosette
News

Tories make massive campaign mess-up which leaves MPs a ‘laughing stock’

Basit Mahmood
18 August, 2023

In one case, leaflets intended for one constituency ended up in another country 100 miles away.

Doctors strike over pay NHS
News

Tory MP slammed for accusing English junior doctors of ‘politicising their pay’

Hannah Davenport
18 August, 2023

Tory MP accused of making ‘totally false’ claims over pay offer to junior doctors in England

News

Keir Starmer joins trade unions in call for bank holiday if Lionesses win the World Cup

Hannah Davenport
17 August, 2023

Bank holidays in the UK are fewer than in most of Europe

A placard with text reading "There is no planet B"
News

Climate change a growing top concern for voters, new polling finds

Hannah Davenport
17 August, 2023

Concern for the environment doubled on last month in one poll

Keir Starmer
Opinion

Why Keir Starmer is absolutely right to prioritise ‘smashing the class ceiling’

Basit Mahmood
17 August, 2023

Class remains a pertinent force in British politics, determining the life chances of millions and it casts a far longer shadow than many of us like to believe or admit.

News

Rishi Sunak rules out Brexit-style referendum on net zero amid bitter Tory feud

Basit Mahmood
17 August, 2023

It remains to be seen whether helicopter enthusiast Sunak, who has previously given into pressure from Tory rebels, will stand firm in his commitment to net zero.

News

Rishi Sunak slammed for saying pay rises should be a ‘reward for productivity’

Hannah Davenport
17 August, 2023

As MPs have seen their salaries rise by 30% since 2010

News

Underfunding and staff shortages risk undermining UK’s net zero target, say workers

Hannah Davenport
17 August, 2023

“We can’t solve environmental problems or net zero unless we have people to do the work”

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