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“Profits before people”: North London bus drivers ballot for strike as Arriva leaves them to roast
Over 1,900 drivers across ten garages are set to vote on strike action after years of being left to bake in cabins hitting the high 30s, while their employer dragged its feet on basic safety fixes. Even the mayor’s telling them: “Don’t drive if it’s too hot”.
“Why we’re fighting to free Britain’s lab beagles”
A campaigner explains how learning about MBR Acres’ beagle breeding operation led to the launch of Save the Dogs UK, a growing movement seeking the release of dogs bred for experiments and the end of animal testing altogether.
The Starmer years: A charge sheet, not a eulogy
From purging the left to arming a genocide, Keir Starmer’s resignation shouldn’t come with a free pass on the damage he did to Labour and the country, says Ben Sellers.
What does Andy Burnham actually stand for?
As Burnham eyes Number Ten, his own book very much suggests a premiership built on constitutional tinkering, not redistribution, says Andy Walker.
Who rigged Labour’s parliament? Investigators want to know
Paul Holden, author of The Fraud, is calling for evidence about how Labour’s candidate selections were rigged to produce the loyalist parliament that now determines the party’s future.
Britain’s oldest plutocracy won’t reform itself – and Burnham probably won’t either
A new report says Britain’s crisis runs deeper than any mainstream politician admits. Andy Walker spoke to its co-author Neil McInroy about what real change would take – and why, without it, Reform wins.
The left is ignoring a higher education crisis – here’s why that’s a mistake
The developing crisis in higher education has been little covered by most of the media and, it has to be said, largely ignored by the UK left. Clive Hedges sets the record straight below and exposes a broken system in dire need of radical revision.
New index reveals staggering regional inequality in UK and calls for a political revolution to solve it
A new index showing staggering regional inequality launches in Newcastle today and it reveals a UK that is woefully underprepared for the emerging challenges of the near future.
Burnham as Labour leader? So what does it mean for the left?
If Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield byelection and then replaces Keir Starmer as Labour leader, what will it mean for the left? Andrew Hedges considers the issues.