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Why councillors should pledge for Palestine

Alexi Dimond
Today

Alexi Dimond makes the case for councillors pushing to ensure their councils aren’t complicit in Israel’s crimes

A photo of Palestinian flags on poles

Almost one in ten MPs have called for David Lammy to intervene to ensure hunger strikers’ human rights are upheld

Chris Jarvis
Today

62 MPs have added their names

David Lammy

UK’s decision to rejoin EU’s Erasmus scheme is supported by majority of Britons, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

The government says that up to 100,000 people of all ages could benefit in the first year.

Brexit and EU

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Vast majority of public say scrap ‘fire and rehire’

Emma Burnell
30 April, 2021

Seven in ten members of the public want the government to make ‘fire and rehire’ illegal.

Fans should own football clubs say 60 MPs and Peers

Emma Burnell
30 April, 2021

The disaster over the European Super League should be a catalyst for real change.

Prof Prem Sikka: Weak accounting standards are a bonanza for greedy corporations

Prem Sikka
30 April, 2021

Government plans to privatise and weaken accountancy oversight will be a boon to big corporations.

I voted for the Lobbying Act. Here’s what went wrong

Lord Paul Tyler
30 April, 2021

We thought the Lobbying Act would be a good start. But recent scandals have proved we need much stronger transparency rules.

What’s next for Bristol’s Kill the Bill movement?

Aaliyah Miller
29 April, 2021

Protests against the government’s widely rebuked legislation that would quash the right to protest, go marching on in Bristol, writes Aaliyah Miller.

Uber’s recruitment push will increase driver poverty and city congestion – warns union

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 April, 2021

Uber is being accused of abdicating on environmental and fair pay commitments through its ambitious post-pandemic recruitment drive.

UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

Mental health issues quadruple among NHS workers during Covid-19 – major study finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 April, 2021

The largest study to date into the effect of the pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers reveals an alarming rise in stress, anxiety, and depression.

Local council elections: Where are all the women?

Felice Southwell
29 April, 2021

It is vital for the left to look closer at how the lack of women councillors across the UK is limiting substantive progressive policies, writes Felice Southwell.

10 Downing Street

PMQs: Keir Starmer accuses government of being ‘mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal’

Lucy Skoulding
28 April, 2021

With the May 6 elections only just over a week away, there was plenty to play for in today’s PMQs

Children in school

Everything Gavin Williamson could be doing to support schools instead of banning mobile phones

Andrew Kersley
28 April, 2021

There’s a record gap in outcomes between the poorest and wealthiest students, and sky-high dissatisfaction from teaching staff

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