Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’
Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues
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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill threatens your right to protest
‘Under the Bill, protests could be banned because they are deemed to be noisy and disruptive and participants could be prosecuted’.
Backlash from Labour activists and MPs after Green New Deal motion blocked
‘Labour for a Green New Deal described the move as ‘anti-democratic’ which was designed to ‘silence members, making a mockery of any commitment to bold climate action’.
Steps the SNP is taking to make justice work for everyone
‘Improvements to Criminal Justice have been equally central to the ambitions of the SNP’.
If we want to fund better public services, we must tackle the tax gap
‘Figures published today by HMRC show that the “Tax Gap” – the difference between the money owed to HMRC and that collected – stands at a staggering £35 billion.’
Universal credit cut breaches human rights law, says UN envoy
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says that the universal credit cut will impose the ‘biggest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since the foundation of the modern welfare state.’
Past comments on people of colour by new culture secretary Nadine Dorries cause backlash
The MP for Mid Bedfordshire has previously retweeted the former leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson and shared Islamophobic tropes against London mayor Sadiq Khan
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, September 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
One key reason why Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru could be doing a deal
When it comes to a potential Senedd pact, size matters, writes Ifan Morgan Jones.
Great Ormond Street migrant cleaners ballot for strike action amid allegations of ‘two tier’ workforce
“All we are asking for is equality with the rest of the NHS staff. We are tired of being treated like second class workers.”
11 things wrong with the Tories’ cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits
The government’s arguments fall apart quite quickly when you scratch the surface.