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Latest Posts

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.

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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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In depth: Homelessness charities on what’s at stake in England’s elections

Charlie Jaay
28 April, 2021

Since the Conservatives gained power in 2010, homelessness has become an ever-increasing problem

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Why unions need a supply chain strategy

Simon Sapper
27 April, 2021

International trade is too important to be left to economists, businesspeople, and politicians. It needs trade union intervention, writes Simon Sapper.

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