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Delivery riders organised by IWGB on strike in 2021. WIktor Szymanowicz via Reuters Connect

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.

Gloria Mancera, a cleaner at the Department for Education. UVW

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’.

An arrested activist in London. Sandrine Laure Dippa/Reuters

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.

Protesters in Jerusalem during foreign secretary David Lammy's visit to Israel in August 2024. Saeed Qaq via Reuters Connect

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.

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

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.

Attendees at Boomtown Fair 2023. Dawn Fletcher-Park / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

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’

Rioters during an anti-migration protest in Rotherham on 4 August. REUTERS

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.

A person pushes their bike while wearing a Deliveroo rucksack

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.

Man carries briefing box outside whitehall

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 in 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska

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.

UK Poised to Halt Arms to Israel – And Withdraw Objections to Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

Rivkah Brown

Labour is expected to follow legal advice likely to recommend a partial or full Israeli arms embargo, and to drop its objections to the International Criminal Court’s plans to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. Rivkah Brown reports.

Activists Block Foreign Office Over UK Arms Sales to Israel

Polly Smythe

Hundreds of activists have blocked entrances to the Foreign Office in London to demand the new Labour government suspends the sale of UK arms to Israel. Polly Smythe reports.

‘We’re All Getting Attacked’: How Disorder Broke Out in East Leeds

Craig Gent

Novara Media’s north of England editor Craig Gent reports from Harehills, east Leeds, where residents fear miscommunication will inflame community divisions.

Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History

Clare Hymer

Just Stop Oil activists have received four and five-year prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiring to block traffic on the M25. Clare Hymer reports.

Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights

Polly Smythe

Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education

Simon Childs

Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police

Clare Hymer

Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event

Sam Bright

‘Vote Genocide’: Satirical Poster Included in Dossier of Election ‘Abuse’

Simon Childs

Nobody in Peckham Wants More Luxury Flats

Moya Lothian-McLean

Here’s How Labour and the Unions Could Take on Amazon

Polly Smythe

Boomtown Festival Attendee ‘Slammed Against Wall’ by Security for Pro Sex-Worker Graffiti

Moya Lothian-McLean

Muslim Convicted in Rioting Should Have ‘Risen Above’ Far-Right Racism, Says Judge

Simon Childs

The Government’s Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn’t so Impartial, Colleagues Claim

Rivkah Brown

Uber and Deliveroo Drivers Are Fearing for Their Lives – And the Apps Couldn’t Care Less

Polly Smythe

A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Jonathan Ashworth Apologises After Leaving Party Colleague ‘Distressed and Alarmed’

Simon Childs

UK Poised to Halt Arms to Israel – And Withdraw Objections to Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

Rivkah Brown

Activists Block Foreign Office Over UK Arms Sales to Israel

Polly Smythe

‘We’re All Getting Attacked’: How Disorder Broke Out in East Leeds

Craig Gent

Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History

Clare Hymer

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Royal Mail-Owned Delivery Firm Faces Strike Action After Denying Workers Basic Rights

Polly Smythe

Exclusive: Migrant Cleaners Declare Victory After Strikes at Department for Education

Simon Childs

Exclusive: Tory MP Looks at Israel’s Lebanon Pager Attacks ‘With Awe’

Simon Childs

Rightwing Journalists Keep Grassing Up Activists to the Police

Clare Hymer

Key Israel Arms Supplier Sponsors Labour Conference Event

Sam Bright

‘Vote Genocide’: Satirical Poster Included in Dossier of Election ‘Abuse’

Simon Childs

Nobody in Peckham Wants More Luxury Flats

Moya Lothian-McLean

Here’s How Labour and the Unions Could Take on Amazon

Polly Smythe

Boomtown Festival Attendee ‘Slammed Against Wall’ by Security for Pro Sex-Worker Graffiti

Moya Lothian-McLean

Muslim Convicted in Rioting Should Have ‘Risen Above’ Far-Right Racism, Says Judge

Simon Childs

The Government’s Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn’t so Impartial, Colleagues Claim

Rivkah Brown

Uber and Deliveroo Drivers Are Fearing for Their Lives – And the Apps Couldn’t Care Less

Polly Smythe

A Government ‘Best Value’ Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council Turned Out to Be Very Bad Value

Rivkah Brown

Jonathan Ashworth Apologises After Leaving Party Colleague ‘Distressed and Alarmed’

Simon Childs

UK Poised to Halt Arms to Israel – And Withdraw Objections to Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

Rivkah Brown

Activists Block Foreign Office Over UK Arms Sales to Israel

Polly Smythe

‘We’re All Getting Attacked’: How Disorder Broke Out in East Leeds

Craig Gent

Climate Activists Get Longest Sentences for Peaceful Protest in British History

Clare Hymer

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