Report: London Councils Are Leaving Renters Without Protection From Illegal Eviction
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: Almost half of London councils either don’t employ anyone to look into illegal evictions, or won’t tell us if they do.
ACFM: Trip 26: Care
Nadia, Jeremy and Keir think about birth, death and all the social reproduction in between.
Novara Live: Chaos on Railways, Truss & Sunak Take Aim at Solar Power
Despite what Grant Shapps might believe, London to Manchester train timetables have been cut by 66%. Can the reputation of Britain’s privatised services get any lower? Plus Truss and Sunak’s bizarre hatred of green energy and Owen Jones explains perfectly why blaming the young for Britain’s economic woes is a mistake.
Report: Trouble’s Brewing: Man Claims He Was Kicked Out of BrewDog Bar Over Union Leaflet
Polly Smythe
The punk craft beer chain got in a row with a trade union over stickers.
Report: Amazon Hit by Strikes Across the Globe
Simon Childs
After wildcat strikes in the UK, workers staged walk-outs and protests at warehouses in the US, Germany and Turkey.
Report: Why Aren’t Low Paid Supermarket Workers Joining Hot Strike Summer?
Polly Smythe
Staff at the UK’s biggest grocery chains are badly paid, but have so far showed no sign of taking industrial action like that seen in other sectors. Polly Smythe reports.
Opinion: Israel Gave Terrorism As the Reason for Its Latest Assault on Gaza. It’s Never Needed a Reason
Hamza Ali Shah
Anyone familiar with Israeli apartheid saw Operation Breaking Dawn for what it was, writes Hamza Ali Shah: Israel’s regular reminder to the Palestinians that they will never be free.
Novara Live: Starmer Ignores Abuse of Apsana Begum, Liz Truss Insults Workers
Keir Starmer failed to stop a campaign to deselect a left wing MP despite an expert warning that the process was an “extension of [her] abuse” Plus: Audio leaks of Liz Truss giving her real opinions on working people; and the British public want nationalisation With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Analysis: Angolans Are Done With a One-Party State
Joana Ramiro
Next week's election could spell the end of the MPLA's half-century rule, writes Joana Ramiro.
Report: A Domestic Violence Expert Warned Keir Starmer That Labour Was Complicit in Apsana Begum’s ‘Abuse’. He Did Nothing
Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: A domestic violence expert begged Keir Starmer to save Apsana Begum from a trigger ballot process she described as an ‘extension of [her] abuse’. The Labour leader let it continue. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Cost of Living Campaigns Should Fight for a Green Transition
Kai Heron
Sky-rocketing energy bills and climate breakdown are two related crises. Here are six ideas to tackle them both.
Report: ‘People Have No Option’: Why We Won’t Pay Our Energy Bills
Sophie K Rosa
We spoke to people pledging to cancel their direct debits in protest at soaring energy prices.
Novara Live: Starmer Announces Labour’s Energy Price Plan, One Year of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
Keir Starmer has ended his period of silence to announce that Labour would freeze energy bills. Is the policy worth the wait? Plus: One year on from the Taliban taking power in Afghanistan; and the cabinet office are trying to ban critics of the government. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Analysis: The Government Has Quietly Stopped Sharing Strike Data
Gregor Gall
The government has never before held such thorough information on industrial action in Britain. So why have they stopped sharing it?
Explainers: Greedy Landlords Are Driving Inflation
Over the last 12 months rents have increased across the UK, with the single biggest increase for any region ever recorded in London. But while workers are told not to ask for wage rises during the cost of living crisis, the media and political class are silent when it comes to landlords demanding more. Aaron […]
Feature: In Myanmar, Workers and Activists Take on a Food Delivery Giant
Ben Dunant
Underground groups established to resist the coup are supporting striking food delivery workers in Myanmar.
Novara Live: The Tories Have Broken Britain, More Liz Truss Nonsense, Owen Jones on Energy Prices
The NHS is at breaking point, barely anyone can afford their energy, and now we’re running out of clean water. After 12 years of Tory rule, is there a single thing in Britain that works? Plus: Owen Jones demolishes Tory lines on energy prices; and Liz Truss comes out with more complete nonsense. With Michael […]
Report: The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown
Sophie K Rosa
Claimants who relied on universal credit during the pandemic have had threatening letters and phone calls from private debt collectors following a Kafkaesque ID checking process.