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BMA hits back at prime minister’s 48-hour deadline to cancel doctor strikes

Olivia Barber
Today

‘Creating posts and improving patient care should not be dependent on calling off a strike.’

Keir Starmer slams Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their U-turns on the Iran war

Reform’s plan to rip up workers’ rights is ‘massively out of step’ with the British public, new mega-poll reveals

Olivia Barber
Today

The TUC and Hope Not Hate’s poll has found that the Employment Rights’ Act is ‘hugely popular’, including in Reform MPs’ constituencies

Nigel Farage defends Senedd candidate's Nazi salute

Anti-establishment? Reform looking at packing House of Lords with hundreds of peers 

Basit Mahmood
Today

Reform says it is “working on recruiting those people as we speak” out of a fear “every unelected body in the country will be hostile to us.”

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We need more grassroots projects to avert climate disaster

Simon Branner
23 February, 2021

Zero carbon schemes need to be celebrated – and expanded – to boost our chances of averting the climate crisis.

UnionDues: The government has lost control of health and safety in Britain’s workplaces

Simon Sapper
23 February, 2021

Plus: Why unions can’t rely on the courts.

Keir Starmer’s backwards approach on drugs policy is baffling

Tim Kiely
23 February, 2021

He must know the war on drugs has failed. So why is he wedded to this blinkered policy?

Plaid Cymru MP: Poor children in Wales failed by school meals policy

Leanne Wood
22 February, 2021

Free schools meals are failing to reach many of those who need them most in Wales.

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The organisers behind Uber drivers’ landmark victory for workers’ rights

Sophia Dourou
22 February, 2021

The historic victory on Friday means that they are now considered workers and with rights for minimum wage, holiday pay and protection from discrimination.

Why the secretive royal ‘veto’ practice needs scrutiny

Sophia Dourou
22 February, 2021

The archaic practice of Queen’s consent allows the Crown to vet certain laws

The bankers are bluffing, don’t scrap the bonus cap

Luke Hildyard
19 February, 2021

There’s no shortage of people wanting to be senior bankers.

Exclusive: Greens blast “insulting” honour for American BP oil exec

Joe Lo
19 February, 2021

BP is responsible for more CO2 emissions than the entire nation of India.

Prem Sikka: A new report shows the Tories will follow the misguided path of deregulation

Prem Sikka
19 February, 2021

John Penrose MP’s report is deceptively titled ‘power to the people’.

Claudia Webbe: How to fix Leicester’s exploitative clothing industry

Claudia Webbe
19 February, 2021

Regulators and unions are the answer.

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