Delivery Company Offers Workers Rights – But Only With a Pay Cut
Polly Smythe
After a strike-ballot opened, workers were taken into one-on-one meetings and asked to sign new contracts that they hadn’t even seen. Polly Smythe reports.
Science Museum Grasses on Workers Protesting Tommy Robinson
Simon Childs
The museum praised a demonstration against Tommy Robinson – then wrote to the police about striking staff joining in.
Israel Detained a US Journalist for 4 Days. Why Was the World Silent?
Rivkah Brown
Jeremy Loffredo was detained for allegedly publishing sensitive military information. The US state department said nothing for two days. Rivkah Brown reports.
Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now
Simon Childs
This week it looked like the government’s anti-protest advisor John Woodcock AKA Lord Walney had lost his job. Then it didn’t. Now he’s ‘under review’. What the hell is going on, asks Simon Childs.
Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights
Polly Smythe
Years after admitting to the scandal of misclassifying staff as independent contractors, eCourier is still at it - and workers have had enough. Polly Smythe reports.
Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education
Simon Childs
The outsourced facilities workers won back-pay, full sick pay and more holidays after a dispute that lasted over a year.
Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’
Simon Childs
Lincoln Jopp MP told a meeting at the Conservative party conference that killing three children would be ‘a phenomenally small amount of collateral damage’.
Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police
Clare Hymer
Reporters for tabloid newspapers are infiltrating non-violent direct action groups, collaborating with the police and getting activists arrested. Clare Hymer reports.
Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event
Sam Bright
Exclusive: the New Statesman magazine will host an event sponsored by Northrop Grumman, a key supplier to the Israeli airforce, on the subject of ‘a new era of defence’.
‘Vote Genocide’: Satirical Poster Included in Dossier of Election ‘Abuse’
Simon Childs
Exclusive: An artist has been left in shock after his political poster was included in a dossier alleging a “concerted campaign by extremists” to intimidate general election candidates. Simon Childs reports.
Nobody in Peckham Wants More Luxury Flats
Moya Lothian-McLean
The fight to stop property developers turning a south London shopping centre into yet more luxury flats has allied long-term residents with new generations of 'gentrifiers'. If they win, they could set a precedent that resonates far and wide. Moya Lothian-McLean reports.
Here’s How Labour and the Unions Could Take on Amazon
Polly Smythe
Keir Starmer previously said Amazon should recognise trade unions. But the company is already lobbying new MPs.
Boomtown Festival Attendee ‘Slammed Against Wall’ by Security for Pro Sex-Worker Graffiti
Moya Lothian-McLean
An artist was accused of soliciting for sex because of the graffiti at the festival, whose theme was ‘Revolution of the Imagination’
Muslim Convicted in Rioting Should Have ‘Risen Above’ Far-Right Racism, Says Judge
Simon Childs
Amer Walid, who had no previous convictions, was given 20 months after he threw cans back at far-right rioters who were chanting racist slurs.
The Government’s Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn’t so Impartial, Colleagues Claim
Rivkah Brown
Two paediatric healthcare professionals allege that Dr Hilary Cass recommended that they read gender-critical literature and expressed her dismay at medical transition. Rivkah Brown reports.
Uber and Deliveroo Drivers Are Fearing for Their Lives – And the Apps Couldn’t Care Less
Polly Smythe
Gig economy workers, a large proportion of whom are migrants, fear being targeted by racist thugs. The apps they work for have sent their heartfelt apologies – and let them get on with it. Polly Smythe reports.
A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value
Rivkah Brown
Michael Gove signed off on paying inspectors more than £1,000 a day to make sure Tower Hamlets council was spending money well. Ironically, their enquiry is now more than £130,000 over budget, Novara Media can reveal.
Jonathan Ashworth Apologises After Leaving Party Colleague ‘Distressed and Alarmed’
Simon Childs
Exclusive: Former Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth, who complained about ‘vitriol, bullying and intimidation’ during the general election, has been forced to apologise after a 'personal attack' on a party colleague.