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Thames Water fine reprieve sparks outrage over “rewarding failure”

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

“This nonsense must be, should be, has to be and will be opposed.”

A picture of the Thames Water logo

Woke-bashing of the week: The great Easter ‘outrage’ that wasn’t

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

It’s a depressingly familiar pattern, a carefully framed image, paired with a provocative narrative, travels faster than the truth, especially when it taps into pre-existing grievances about so-called ‘wokeness.’

Right-wing media watch – War, what war? The Express chooses Farage fan adulation over reality

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

Brown’s account of Farage’s campaign stops borders on the reverential. Even anonymous praise from a party candidate, “he’s going to change everything for the better,” is relayed without challenge.

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Journalists union: The BBC is facing an existential threat

Michelle Stanistreet
30 January, 2020

They’re cutting more than 500 jobs.

Northern rail nationalised: Now let’s take over the rest of Britain’s failing privatised system

Amelia Womack
29 January, 2020

As ministers nationalise the abysmal Northern rail franchise, Amelia Womack looks at the dire state of Britain’s privatised rail services.

Jeremy Corbyn speaking on climate change

Jeremy Corbyn’s spokesman: “There will be no tears” from Labour leader as UK leaves the EU on Friday

Josiah Mortimer
29 January, 2020

“Everyone accepts that we’ll be leaving the EU on Friday,” the Labour leader’s spokesman told journalists.

Grenfell

As the Grenfell disaster inquiry starts again, it’s time for social housing tenants to be heard

Kevin Gulliver
29 January, 2020

Upcoming legislation must give a real voice to social housing tenants.

Trading diplomacy: Why is Britain silent on a growing human rights crisis in Bangladesh?

Stephen Delahunty
29 January, 2020

Is Global Britain built on ‘looking the other way’?

‘We are just those people being talked about’: how the press ignores migrants’ voices

Cameron Boyle
28 January, 2020

Migrants voices feature in just 15% of articles about immigration.

Ed Davey miles ahead in Lib Dem leadership poll

Joe Lo
28 January, 2020

Davey was a minister in the Coalition government

Prem Sikka: Excessive dividends are strangling the UK economy

Prem Sikka
28 January, 2020

Companies aren’t investing because they feel pressure to pay dividends instead.

Minister says food banks are a “perfect way” to meet challenges of “difficult times”

Joe Lo
28 January, 2020

Food bank use has increased by around 2,800% since the Tories came to power.

University of Liverpool - London campus

University of Liverpool staff consider strike over lower redundancy pay

Fleur Doidge
27 January, 2020

Staff made redundant in 2018 from Liverpool offered £15,000 more on average, says union.

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