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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“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer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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Five problems with Caroline Lucas’s ‘cabinet of women’ idea

Joe Lo
12 August, 2019

Lucas’s proposal drew criticism from across the political spectrum.

Tory think tank says those earning less than £37k are not skilled

Joe Lo
12 August, 2019

So three-quarters of UK taxpayers are unskilled then.

Increase spending to boost worker productivity, says report

Joe Lo
12 August, 2019

Reversing austerity and raising the minimum wage are two ways to fix the producivity crisis, the report said.

Constitution in chaos: It’s time for the left to stand up for democracy

Josiah Mortimer
9 August, 2019

If ever there was a time to think about what a political system ‘for the many’ would actually look like, it is now.

Young people COP26

World’s most important climate change conference set to come to Scotland

Josiah Mortimer
9 August, 2019

COP26 looks set to shine a spotlight on both the Tories’ and the Scottish Government’s environment records.

There’s more to the John McDonnell Scottish independence story than people are letting on

Josiah Mortimer
9 August, 2019

The howls of outrage in Scottish Labour don’t seem to be as unanimous as previously thought.

EXCLUSIVE: Radical union expands to Northern Ireland in fight for foster carers

Jane Wright
9 August, 2019

Following some major successes, the Independent Workers of Great Britain’s Foster Care Workers Branch is setting up a base in Northern Ireland.

A homeless person sheltering under a concrete wall

How public space orders and the Vagrancy Act hurt the homeless

Fleur Doidge
8 August, 2019

“Trying to punish and fine people out of poverty is counterproductive and displays a complete failure to engage with the complex social problems at the heart of this issue.”

City of London

Inquiry into financial services long overdue as UK suffers

Prem Sikka
8 August, 2019

Labour’s public inquiry into banking and finance industry is a real chance to hold miscreants to account, says Prem Sikka.

RAF Sea King helicopter - credit Jon Cully

No response from MoD on worker asbestos exposure

Fleur Doidge
8 August, 2019

Unite request for full disclosure of risks on Gloucestershire military site goes unanswered.

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