It’s been a tough year for the Greens – but our pro-EU and radical principles prevail
We’re the only pro-EU party that offers a transformation of British society – our message will only grow in 2018.
Tories
Raising the state pension age is regressive class politics – the Tories have no excuse for it
Forcing people to retire later is class politics dressed up as economic policy.
Our divided kingdom is failing unpaid carers. There is no excuse
The truth is we can afford to support unpaid carers if we want to – if the government embraced simple, effective policies like a wealth tax.
BREAKING: Detention and deportation of EU migrants ruled illegal by High Court
Thousands of EU nationals who have been detained or deported in the last two years could now sue the Home Office for compensation.
Tens of thousands working for free: Time to end unpaid trial shifts, says Scottish MP
Major retailers are using free labour to cover staff shortages, with no intention of offering paid employment afterwards – and the Prime Minister has no idea what is going on.
Right-to-buy has stoked the housing crisis – but the Tories want to roll it out further
400,000 houses sold under right-to-buy are now being rented privately and for double average council rents. The policy’s created a new class of buy-to-let landlords.
George Osborne made food banks necessary, now his newspaper is asking you to pay for them
Phone up and ask the former chancellor – who is taking part in the charity telethon – why he loves food banks so much. Don’t phone up and donate money.
To survive, the next Labour government must be more Attlee than Allende
Already shaken by Brexit, banks are reconsidering their positions in the UK. And it is crucial that they know where they stand with the Labour party.
Why is Universal Credit sanctioning three times more people than its predecessor?
The system pioneered by the Tories is either broken or was set up to punish those most in need of state support.
‘Austerity is nowhere near over’: IFS gives bleak assessment of budget
Things are going to get much worse, before they get better.