Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds
by Charlie Hertzog Young
Three-quarters of survivors of Australian bushfires struggle with anxiety two years on. Charlie Hertzog Young reports.
Free Travel Is Being Used to Make Outsourced Transport Staff Work Harder
by Polly Smythe
The measure which was supposed to ‘ease the pressure’ on low paid workers is actually making their lives harder.
The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers
by 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
Cramming 40 People Into a Four-Bed House Wasn’t Enough to Get This ‘Rogue Landlord’ Added to the Government Database
by 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.
Mick Lynch Asks Unions to Step Up to Defy Anti-Strike Legislation
by 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.
Rory Stewart Slams Keir Starmer for ‘Disgusting’ Treatment of Jeremy Corbyn
by 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.
This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days
by Rivkah Brown
Paul Odell backtracked on a contract at the last minute, giving his tenants just days to get out. Rivkah Brown reports.
Network Rail Gives Bonuses to Scabs
by Polly Smythe
The RMT and TSSA have vowed to challenge the decision to withhold bonuses for workers who took strike action.
Hackney Mayor Partied With Councillor He Knew Had Been Arrested for Possessing Child Abuse Images
by 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.
Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother
by Polly Smythe
A trade union organiser has described her ‘shock’ at the ‘cold and callous’ actions of Biscoes Solicitors.
Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill
by 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.
University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery
by 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.
Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics
by 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.
Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans
by 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.
Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times
by 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.
Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike
by 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.
Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres
by Clare Hymer
Activists have destroyed the tyres of around 60 SUVs at a Jaguar dealership in Exeter after a Land Rover crashed into an outdoor tea party, leaving two children dead.
