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.
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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.
Report: Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill
Andrew Kersley
Oil firm Perenco had 237 outstanding safety critical notices from regulators months before it leaked 200 barrels of oil into an environmentally protected zone.
Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers
Ell Folan
57% of Londoners support the supposedly controversial scheme, writes Ell Folan.
Report: University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery
Andrew Kersley
SOAS has been accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after deducting pay for lecturers over a strike that they didn’t actually take part in.
Report: Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics
Daisy Schofield
Amid the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in the West Bank, paramedics tell Novara Media Israeli soldiers are driving them away from casualties with sniper fire, targeting ambulances with live ammunition and confiscating their bulletproof vests.
Opinion: Why Does Every Politician Need a Sob Story?
Aaron Bastani
If ‘progressive’ centrist politicians really want to strike a chord, they need a compelling story for the country, writes Aaron Bastani, not just more hard luck stories about themselves.
Feature: Meet the French MP Who Went From Cleaning Hotel Rooms to Taking on the Country’s Political Elite
Olly Haynes
Speaking to Novara Media, Rachel Keke slams France’s ‘seriously disconnected’ centrist politicians.
Report: Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans
Moya Lothian-McLean
Greater Manchester Police abandoned plans to ban people from a local Caribbean carnival after Novara Media revealed that Black people were eight times more likely to be targeted.
Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times
Sophie K Rosa
A series of asylum-seeker-led protests this year has drawn attention to deteriorating conditions in the overcrowded, poor-quality accommodation refugees are forced to live in.
Report: Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike
Polly Smythe
Employers are no longer allowed to use agency workers to undermine strikes, so St Mungo’s have simply given strike-breaking agency workers short-term contracts.