Archive of March 2018
Women: The unmentioned victims of Brexit
From textiles to social work, Brexit will have a disproportionate impact on women.
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Home Office makes young Brits choose between immigration status & education
Crippling application fees cost families the price of a deposit on a house, just to secure their legal right to stay in the UK.
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I've spent three years documenting anti-semitism in Labour and this is what it looks like
To stamp it out, you have to start at the root. And in this case that means the leadership.
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From the horse's mouth: Freight leaders issue warning about hard Brexit
Freight workers warn of prospect of permanent gridlock unless UK government quickly gets a grip on Brexit.
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Grayling's fantasy Brexit plan would make trade deals impossible
The transport minister's bizarre notion of eradicating British borders would throw the country's future into greater chaos.
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Iraq 15 years on: The birthplace of post-truth
The lies that were told in the lead up to the invasion paved the way for Trump and Brexit.
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No British patriot should trade with Putin
It's time for UK businesses to get real: all Russian firms of any size operate on terms set by the regime.
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We defeated the govt over child refugees - now they should back down
It's our moral duty to keep child refugees safe. Time for govt to stop fighting and start listening.
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Confirmed: Torture survivors still imprisoned in immigration detention centres
Home Office breaks its own guidelines to further traumatise survivors as 'hostile environment' agenda continues.
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The one small change which could improve life for thousands of refugees
Crucial bill could see children allowed to bring over support network instead of living alone.
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A new age of trade unionism holds the key to increasing productivity
Workers' rights aren't a barrier to performance, they're an enabler of it
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The knife crime epidemic is a result of austerity
Fifteen people stabbed to death in London since the start of the year, in a grim new benchmark for violence.
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This is why we're taking David Davis to court for a Brexit referendum lock
Our legal case will force the government to stick to its 2011 promise to let the people decide on a transfer of power to Brussels
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Intellectual property: Total lack of govt interest leaves firms isolated and adrift
A Brexit-shaped hole in patent law has left one of the most innovative parts of the economy without direction or leadership.
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Austerity cuts force special needs children into isolation
For years, the effects of cuts on special needs children have been ignored. But now parents are fighting back.
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Scottish Labour: Party torn down the middle on single market
Richard Leonard's first conference as Scottish Labour leader goes off well, but deep internal divisions remain, especially over Brexit
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Labour gen sec battle: Left goes to war with itself
The Labour left was once united against Blairism, but victory has led the trade unions to war with Momentum.
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We've started a Brexit protest party to disrupt the local elections
Don't worry, it's not another late night centrist party. We're here for one reason only - to stop Brexit.
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Taking the legal fight to G4S & the govt over detention
After several allegations of staff misbehaviour at immigration detention centres, we're taking the government to court to find out if G4S are classified a 'high risk' supplier.
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Trade unions join forces with electoral reformers to sway Corbyn
Last month, trade unionists met with electoral reform campaigners to start putting together a left-wing case for democratic revival.
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No matter what Gove says, Brexit will deal a hammer-blow to agriculture
This is the bleak reality of what the industry faces.
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Burst pipes: Why water privatisation failed
If privatisation was supposed to improve efficiency, it went badly wrong.
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Discarded by Brussels & Westminster: Brits in Europe left stranded in Brexit talks
Brits in Europe were promised nothing about their lives would change post-Brexit, but both the EU and the UK have let them down.
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Brexit attack on human rights could lead to new policing crack-downs
Heavy-handed treatment of activists set to get worse once Tories get rid of EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
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Article 127: The key Brexit decision with a one-month deadline
Britain has a legal obligation to trigger its exist from the EEA. So what explains the mystery of the government's silence on it?
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