Londoners shown shock vision of what could be: A Standard Evening in 2026
By Steve Rushton ‘We must kill the Housing Bill before it kills society’ was the strong message in a…
Autonomous Weapons and the Apex of Empire
Autonomous weapons are being developed by the powerful military industrial complex as it seeks to systematically diminish human responsibility for…
5 Reasons To Shut Down Yarl’s Wood
By Lori Inglis-Hall On Saturday 12 March campaign group Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary will once again surround…
‘They Don’t Make Us Safer’ – Shut Down Security & Policing 2016
Behind closed doors, the Home Office is hosting a three day shopping spree. Governments, police forces and military delegations…
Afghan Interpreters Who Helped British Army For Four Years Trapped in Burned Out Calais Jungle
An update from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research (RAPAR): RAPAR’s two young Afghan interpreters who worked for the…
An Open Letter to Nicola Sturgeon on RBS Prosecution
By Kam Sandhu @KamBass Below we publish an open letter sent today by Nigel Henderson to Scottish First Minister Nicola…
Fuel Poverty – How are the Big Six still getting away with it?
By Lori Inglis-Hall Friday 26 February is Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, a nationwide day of action in which campaign groups…
“We Need To Know What They Saw & Heard” – Protecting Prisoners in The #SarahReed Justice Campaign
BY Kam Sandhu @KamBass Last night, a 'Protect the Prisoners' protest took place outside Holloway Prison in North London. Sarah…
Regional Devolution – A Warning To England From The Desolate North
by Steven Durrant If you live outside Greater Manchester you may think that plans to give more powers to the Greater…
‘Securing Your World’: Inequality, Brutality & G4S
By Kam Sandhu @KamBass G4S is a multinational security company, boasting operations in over 120 countries. It is the world’s…
Tory MP told to resign by disability charity
In March 2016 the Tory party concluded a vicious assault on sick and disabled people by voting to slash social…
Thousands Of Workers At Risk Of ‘Wage Theft’ From ‘Unscrupulous Employers’, Charity Warns
The number of people who contacted Citizens Advice for help with pay and entitlements issues against employers rose by 4%…
What Does It Mean To Be Queer?
Is everyone transgender? Can straight people identify as queer? Shon Faye asks: If queerness is defined by a rejection of…
Another Fine Mess
President Obama has at last acknowledged that Libya is a “mess”. An American President using a word like “distracted” to…
Embarrassment as David Cameron caught lying about his favourite place for holidaying
David Cameron has sent local newspapers in Lincolnshire a “personal” letter saying the county is his favourite place to holiday…
The Conservatives have been the biggest borrowers over the last 70 years
I was interviewed twice on the radio on Friday evening to discuss John McDonnell's new fiscal rule, once on LBC…
Iain Duncan Smith Says People Thank Him For Stopping Their Benefits – Video
Watch this bizarre video of Iain Duncan Smith claiming that people thank him after having their benefits sanctioned. ...read more
Media don’t ‘smell a rat’ over London ‘monster’
From Sky News to The Telegraph, via The Mirror, The Metro, The Sun and the Evening Standard, UK media outlets…
Lancashire – the state of play
Residents gathered outside Blackpool Football Club. Day 18 of the appeal by fracking company Cuadrilla, against Lancashire County Council's rejection…
The Trumpification of the US media: why chasing news values distorts politics – Stephen Cushion
Outside the US, the prospect of Donald Trump being elected president is typically met with a mixture of amusement and…
The public didn’t want this Housing Bill – so why did we get it?
A public survey carried out in 2014 found that 82% of us think that social housing is a good thing…
‘Broken’ Disability Benefits Need Total Overhaul, Says Government Adviser
Fit-for-work tests and sanctions for those with chronic illness or disability should be scrapped, report recommends. ...read more
As lobbying rules sweep the world, Scotland’s plans look half-baked
There is a transparency trend developing across many countries in Europe and beyond. Dozens of countries have introduced legislation around…
Formal legal proceedings begin against UK government over arms exports to Saudi Arabia
Law firm Leigh Day, representing Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has begun formal legal action in the High Court to…
NHS Bill Seeks To Reverse Tory Privatisation, Say NHA
National Health Action party say the NHS "is being re-fashioned into Accountable Care Organisations, which are copies of US Medicare".…
US air strikes target IS chemical weapons facilities
Language Undefined The air strikes come as a result of intelligence from Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, a captured senior IS miliant…
Judge Challenges Government Over Legal Representation For Vulnerable People
Ruling will halt thousands of applications involving those with learning disabilities who need treatment involving loss of liberty. ...read more
Resisting police militarisation: shut down ‘Security and Policing’
Last night I joined activists from several groups including the Network for Police Monitoring, Global Justice Now, Lesbians and Gays…
News: Google takes a new approach to the “right to be forgotten” in response to regulator pressure
Starting this week, Google will implement “right to be forgotten” requests on all Google search engines (including Google.com) accessed from…
