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Tories ridiculed for proposing to ban four day week

Chris Jarvis
Today

“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer money.”

A group of people on a stage with a sign reading four day week

New petition calls for referendum on public ownership of water

Chris Jarvis
Today

Feargal Sharkey is backing the petition

WASP campaigners who have launched the petition for a referendum for public ownership of water

Labour’s achievements this week: Lifting 450,000 children out of poverty and delivering workers’ rights

Basit Mahmood
Today

Change doesn’t happen overnight, yet slowly and surely, this government is delivering after 14 years of Tory austerity

Keir Starmer

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My family shouldn’t have to see racist murals when we’re drinking tea at the Tate

Nigel Gordon
11 August, 2020

The mural depicts an enslaved black child being dragged with a chain around his neck.

Pay is still no higher now than when Labour left government

Joe Lo
11 August, 2020

They’ve been in power 10 years and wages haven’t gone up one bit.

‘Sham’ consultation slammed amid fears of post Brexit power grab

Sophia Dourou
10 August, 2020

The UK Internal Market white paper would see Westminster define how the devolved nations would interact with it post-Brexit.

Coronavirus image

Don’t force workers to chose between self-isolating or paying the bills, campaigners tell government

Sophia Dourou
10 August, 2020

Workers who are asked to self-isolate should not do so at the expense of their income, say campaigners.

Inside the travel ban: The double bind of Brits in Spain

Eleanor Rosenbach
10 August, 2020

While there is a viral-control case for New Zealand-esque frontier closure, this is both impractical and unethical in a region of soft and porous borders.

Saudi arms trade

Tories slammed over ‘disgraceful’ decision to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Josiah Mortimer
7 August, 2020

The UK has licensed at least £5.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the conflict began in March 2015 – but the real figure could be far higher.

Radical roundup: 10 stories that got buried this week

Josiah Mortimer
7 August, 2020

Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed.

EXCLUSIVE: Green Party figures demand answers after suspension of party chair secretly overturned

Josiah Mortimer
7 August, 2020

“Members deserve answers. If the Green Party Executive can’t follow our own rules then it isn’t fit for purpose.”

Revealed: Green Party executive accused of “coup” after over-ruling chair’s suspension

Joe Lo
6 August, 2020

She’s now running for election to be party chair again.

Pandemic response

English coronavirus cases rise for third week in a row

Joe Lo
6 August, 2020

It’s not going away.

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