Analysis: Laugh at Liz Truss, But Tory Radicals Are Playing the Long Game
James Meadway
Free market ideologues are already laying the groundwork for a return to power, argues James Meadway.
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Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers
Sophie K Rosa
Unaccompanied children are being made to share bedrooms with adult strangers while waiting for the Home Office to decide about their asylum claims. Sophie K Rosa reports
Feature: How Trade Unions Are Preparing for a Labour Government
Polly Smythe
This year’s Trades Union Congress took place in anticipation of the end of Tory rule. Novara Media's labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe sends a dispatch from Liverpool.
Report: Cramming 40 People Into a Four-Bed House Wasn’t Enough to Get This ‘Rogue Landlord’ Added to the Government Database
Hajar Meddah
Banning orders and a ‘rogue landlord database’ are among an arsenal of enforcement tools technically available to local authorities. But they’re abysmally underused, while slum landlords run rampant. Hajar Meddah reports.
Opinion: Finnish Trains Are What the UK Could Have If It Gave a Shit
Rivkah Brown
A playground carriage, an entire pub, cheap tickets – Nordic trains are an advert for nationalisation, writes Rivkah Brown.
Report: Mick Lynch Asks Unions to Step Up to Defy Anti-Strike Legislation
Polly Smythe
The TUC has voted not to comply with minimum service levels, but how far unions will go remains to be seen. Polly Smythe reports from TUC congress.
Report: Rory Stewart Slams Keir Starmer for ‘Disgusting’ Treatment of Jeremy Corbyn
Rivkah Brown
In an interview with Novara Media, the ex-Tory MP says “it’s mad” that Corbyn was suspended, saying the “controlling” Starmer “lacks confidence”. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: After Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP’s Lack of Political Vision Is Total
Jonathon Shafi
Humza Yousaf just missed a big chance to carve out a distinctive political identity and caved to the corporate lobby, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: British Comment Journalism is in the Gutter – Signed, a Comment Journalist
Moya Lothian-McLean
Revelations in the wake of Notting Hill carnival that the Daily Mail ghostwrites some of its guest columns is only the latest stain on a degraded medium, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.
Report: This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days
Rivkah Brown
Paul Odell backtracked on a contract at the last minute, giving his tenants just days to get out. Rivkah Brown reports.
Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
The Home Office has placed thousands of refugee children, some as young as ten, alone in hotels. The high court says the practice is illegal - so why is it still happening?
Feature: Private Companies Are Stealing Public Parks
Rivkah Brown
Across London, cash-strapped councils are signing away people’s gardens to entertainment mega-corporations – forcing small community groups to take action. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Network Rail Gives Bonuses to Scabs
Polly Smythe
The RMT and TSSA have vowed to challenge the decision to withhold bonuses for workers who took strike action.
Report: Hackney Mayor Partied With Councillor He Knew Had Been Arrested for Possessing Child Abuse Images
Simon Childs & Rivkah Brown
New images prove Philip Glanville went to a party with Tom Dewey knowing of his arrest, leading local politicians to demand an inquiry. Simon Childs and Rivkah Brown report.
Opinion: In the UK, Israel Has Spotted a Like-Minded Government
Hedi Viterbo
Of course Israeli officials would think they could influence UK court cases, writes Hedi Viterbo – on Palestine and protest rights, the two states are perfectly aligned.
Analysis: Sharon Graham’s Strategy Shows Unions Can Win Without the Labour Party
Gregor Gall
While she doesn't have the public profile of Mick Lynch, Unite's Sharon Graham is the most successful of the current union leaders, argues Gregor Gall.
Feature: How Vice Went From New Media Giant to Saudi Propaganda Machine
Simon Childs
One former staffer alleged that Vice is using security concerns as ‘a shield’ to stop the publication of critical articles about Saudi Arabia.
Report: Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother
Polly Smythe
A trade union organiser has described her ‘shock’ at the ‘cold and callous’ actions of Biscoes Solicitors.