Reform’s year in power in local government: A year of tax rises, cuts and defections
Nothing but broken promises, council tax rises and infighting among its councillors.
Latest poverty figures show vital benefits that lifting two-child limit will have, TUC says
The TUC has slammed the record numbers of people living in poverty as ‘a record of the failures of the Conservative government’
Nigel Farage says council tax ‘has to go up’, after his party previously promised to cut taxes
That has always been the problem with populism, offer simplistic solutions to complex problem which begin to fall apart when they collide with reality.
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‘When I had Covid there was no support’: Harsh reality for UK’s migrant communities
In a new report, the UK’s migrant communities share some of the devastating situations they have found themselves in during the pandemic.
Why government should not have removed face mask rules
Businesses and workers have been left to bear the responsibility for preventing a major public health and economic setback.
New map shows parts of UK where millions struggle to access food
In one local authority 14 percent of people are classed as hungry and 30 percent are struggling to access food
Behind last week’s media hype over migrant Channel crossings
Priti Patel last week pushed the harshest law yet over right to claim asylum as right-wing press agitated once again over Channel crossings
EXCLUSIVE: TfL unable to issue fines for mask dodgers after Johnson strips its powers
London Assembly Labour’s travel spokesperson expresses concern over mask-wearing, now that Johnson has deprived TfL of sanction powers.
Ministers have launched an assault on our already-ailing democracy
From mandatory ID to unjust changes to the voting system, the government is rolling back our rights.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, July 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Revealed: Disabled women face shocking levels of workplace harassment – TUC
The government’s sexual harassment consultation must introduce a duty on employers to take steps to prevent sexual harassment, Alice Moss writes
Labour tells government to ‘get a grip’ over mixed messages on Covid isolation
Ministers have been going around saying the public do not need to isolate when, um, told to isolate by the NHS Covid-19 app.
DAMNING report from HM Prisons Inspector finds ‘shambolic’ outsourcing failings
Priti Patel’s department didn’t even know the location of all its short-term holding facilities for refugees.