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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.

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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.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch on the picket line with members in December 2022. Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images

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.

A Facebook photo shows Philip Glanville (pictured right) with Tom Dewey (left) on 14 May 2022

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.

Jessica Walter plays Lucile Bluth in Arrested Development. Screengrab: YouTube

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.

François Perrodo, chairman of Perenco enjoying racing cars in Bahrain in 2021. Germain Hazard

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.

What lecturers look like when they're actually on strike. WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto

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.

Palestinian ambulances are surrounded by tear gas

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.

A Greater Manchester Police officer and police van. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

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.

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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.

St Mungo’s workers on strike. @SMUnite on Twitter

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.

Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres

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.

‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower

Ella Jessel

Social tenants were ‘decanted’ from the iconic east London tower block so their flats could be sold for profit. Now nobody wants to buy them.

Councils Are Paying Dodgy Bailiffs to Collect Tax Debts

Andrew Kersley

With unpaid council tax hitting a record high, councils are turning to debt collectors. But with histories of controversy and questions over their efficacy, campaigners are demanding a stop to the practice. Andrew Kersley reports.

A rally in support of Amazon workers' on strike in Coventry in January 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Amazon Accused of Union-Busting at Striking UK Workplaces

Polly Smythe

A strike leader at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse has had his hours reduced while workers are being subjected to anti-union posters and briefings.

Striking workers at the Saint James Tavern

Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

Workers at the Saint James Tavern in Brighton were awarded over £100,000 in back pay and compensation after their boss said he would ‘get rid’ of anyone involved in the union.

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Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right

Eoghan Gilmartin

Rather than indulge Vox’s nationalism, Spain's new leftwing Sumar alliance is offering policies that will actually make people's lives better - starting with €20,000 for all 18-year-olds, funded by a wealth tax. Eoghan Gilmartin reports.

Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

St Mungo’s CEO Emma Haddad had a ‘meltdown’ and told union reps that talk of stronger financial governance was ‘absolute crap’.

Rory Stewart Slams Keir Starmer for ‘Disgusting’ Treatment of Jeremy Corbyn

Rivkah Brown

This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Network Rail Gives Bonuses to Scabs

Polly Smythe

Hackney Mayor Partied With Councillor He Knew Had Been Arrested for Possessing Child Abuse Images

Simon Childs & Rivkah Brown

Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother

Polly Smythe

Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill

Andrew Kersley

University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery

Andrew Kersley

Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics

Daisy Schofield

Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans

Moya Lothian-McLean

Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike

Polly Smythe

Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres

Clare Hymer

Councils Are Paying Dodgy Bailiffs to Collect Tax Debts

Andrew Kersley

Amazon Accused of Union-Busting at Striking UK Workplaces

Polly Smythe

Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right

Eoghan Gilmartin

Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

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Rory Stewart Slams Keir Starmer for ‘Disgusting’ Treatment of Jeremy Corbyn

Rivkah Brown

This Landlord Used a Legal Loophole to Boot Out His Renters in Just 11 Days

Rivkah Brown

Network Rail Gives Bonuses to Scabs

Polly Smythe

Hackney Mayor Partied With Councillor He Knew Had Been Arrested for Possessing Child Abuse Images

Simon Childs & Rivkah Brown

Solicitor Brings ‘Unfair Dismissal’ Claim Against Law Firm Run by His Own Mother

Polly Smythe

Exclusive: Company Received Hundreds of ‘Critical’ Safety Warnings Before Oil Spill

Andrew Kersley

University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery

Andrew Kersley

Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics

Daisy Schofield

Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans

Moya Lothian-McLean

Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike

Polly Smythe

Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres

Clare Hymer

‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower

Ella Jessel

Councils Are Paying Dodgy Bailiffs to Collect Tax Debts

Andrew Kersley

Amazon Accused of Union-Busting at Striking UK Workplaces

Polly Smythe

Union-Busting Pub Landlords Pay Thousands in Compensation to Striking Workers

Polly Smythe & Simon Childs

Yolanda Díaz Is Showing How You Fight the Far Right

Eoghan Gilmartin

Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

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