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

Our roundup of the progressive news the media missed.

We need proper scrutiny of the government’s pork-barrel politics.

Parties need to work together to boot out the Tories – and secure PR – writes the Lib Dem MP.

“We shouldn’t have to wait until next year for the inquiry into how coronavirus has been handled,” Caroline Lucas tells LFF.

Next stop, public ownership? Labour figures are adopting the London model to overhaul England’s beleaguered buses.

The findings come as Nicola Sturgeon is once against sworn in as First Minister, after voters elected a pro-independence majority.

Campaign Against Arms Trade calls for an investigation into possible abuses.

Social care needs radical thinking, a large injection of government funding, and urgent reform.

As the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, action accelerates to stamp out systemic racism.

Behind the rhetoric, real-world consequences of Tory policies are destroying the hopes and ambitions of the next generation, writes Alyn Smith, MP.