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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“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer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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‘Capitalising on crisis’: right-wing’s bid to undermine public faith in NHS

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 January, 2023

The right-wing media’s multi-facetted attacks on the NHS, which range from pinning the crisis on ‘woke non-jobs’ to sickening trashing of GPs,  would be enough to fill a library.
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Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch round up: best moments of the week

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 January, 2023

The union general secretary’s comments on the government’s new anti-striking laws were described as ‘73 seconds of pure gold.’

Jeremy Hunt on the phone with an advisor on a sofa next to him
Opinion

The Tories are laying foundations for the next financial crash

Prem Sikka
13 January, 2023

The Financial Services and Markets Bill does nothing to check corrupt practices

Mick Lynch speaking at a rally
News

Offices of Tory MPs to be targeted in protests over anti-strike law

Chris Jarvis
13 January, 2023

The protests are being coordinated by Enough is Enough

Rishi Sunak
News

Tory vote collapses in two Council by-elections as Labour and Greens gain seats

Chris Jarvis
13 January, 2023

The Tory vote fell by more than 30 points

A still of an audience member on Question Time

Question Time audience member says what we’re all thinking about the Tories

Chris Jarvis
13 January, 2023

Her comments were met with laughter and applause

A still of Ash Sarkar appearing on BBC Question

Ash Sarkar perfectly sums up Tory hypocrisy on public sector pay

Chris Jarvis
13 January, 2023

She made the comments on the most recent episode of BBC Question Time

A photo of a demonstration with a Universities and Colleges Union balloon
News

Strike dates: Universities to be shut down for 18 days in February and March

Chris Jarvis
13 January, 2023

UCU members will walk out in a long running dispute over pay, conditions and pensions

Sunak PMQS
News

Human Rights Watch says UK risks being listed as a ‘human rights abuser’

Basit Mahmood
12 January, 2023

HRW have called it the most ‘significant assault on human rights protections in the UK in decades’.

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News

A damning chart showing how far public sector wages have lagged behind the private sector

Basit Mahmood
12 January, 2023

ONS data shows that private sector pay grew 6.9% between August and October 2022 while public sector pay grew 2.7%

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