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- 1.1 million kids are in ‘hygiene poverty’ – yet no one in government wants to act 14/05/2025Four children in every British classroom face the grim reality of hygiene poverty, with a staggering 21% of these children opting not to play with others out of fear of judgment regarding their cleanliness. Hygiene poverty: a scourge of UK society This distressing statistic comes from a recently released report, A Clean Start in Life, […]
- Another DWP pensions scandal hitting women is “the biggest of modern times” 14/05/2025A substantial crisis is unfolding within the UK’s pension system, illuminating long-standing injustices faced particularly by women. Many older women, some receiving as little as £1 a week, could be on the brink of financial relief thanks to revelations that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has historically underpaid pensions. This oversight, pinpointed by […]
- An open letter from Jewish people calls out the Board of Deputies for stifling criticism of Israel 14/05/2025Hundreds of British Jews from more than 65 synagogues have written to the main representative body of Britain’s Jewish community – the Board of Deputies of British Jews – to condemn what appears to be an attempt to stifle dissent over Israel. Board of Deputies of British Jews: stifling criticism of Israel In a letter […]
- Greenwich council at the centre of a growing fire safety scandal in block of new flats 14/05/2025Greenwich council are endangering the lives of residents in new-build flats. For six months, residents at the Ignatius Sancho Road Estate in Kidbrooke have complained of blocked fire escapes, dust from construction sites causing serious health issues, and hazardous air filters that completely contravene fire safety laws. Greenwich council: putting tenants at risk? Zkiah Smith […]
- Welsh pension fund has more than 180 times the investments in Israel it claims, so campaigners are taking action 14/05/2025Palestine solidarity campaigners in west Wales are drawing attention to Dyfed Pension Fund’s (DPF) hundreds of millions in investments linked to Israel’s war crimes. They are collecting signatures for a petition that calls on the DPF to quit these investments and end its complicity. Dyfed Pension Fund: complicit in Israel’s Gaza genocide On Thursday 15 […]
- Thames Water £3bn emergency loan is going straight into bosses’ bonuses 14/05/2025Instead of renationalisation, Thames Water is receiving a £3bn loan. Millions of pounds of that loan will go to executive bonuses – instead of bringing down people’s astronomical bills. Thames Water is already around £19bn in debt. When it was privatised, the utility was debt free. Capital funds who took private ownership of the company […]
- The Independent Alliance just brilliantly exposed the corporate media’s pro-genocide bias 13/05/2025MPs from the Independent Alliance have challenged the media to push UK prime minister Keir Starmer harder on the British government’s involvement in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. They accuse Starmer of complicity in war crimes, evading legal obligations, engaging in secretive and potentially unlawful military support, denying genocide despite overwhelming evidence, and blocking efforts for […]
- Campaigners are set to celebrate Tesla’s nosediving car sales – by hijacking its own events 13/05/2025The 17 May is set to be a big day for Tesla, with the company advertising ‘Discover Tesla’ days for multiple locations to boost the troubled its flagging UK sales. So Tesla Takedown UK, the anti-Tesla group, are hosting ‘Discover Tesla Takedown’ days at dealerships in Bristol, Glasgow, Winchester, and London Park Royal. Tesla Takedown: […]
- Activists have just dragged Tony Blair over his rampant climate denialism 13/05/2025In the early hours of 13 May, dozens of unofficial adverts appeared across north London in response to Tony Blair’s comments on net zero policy. Campaign group Climate Resistance installed the adverts to call out Blair for being bankrolled by billionaires and petrostates. Tony Blair’s climate denialism: ban the billionaire lapdog The adverts read “Ban […]
- The badger cull is set for a parliamentary debate – all thanks to a viral petition 13/05/2025Wildlife campaign group Protect the Wild has garnered enough signatures on a petition to secure a debate in parliament over the Labour Party government’s continued maintenance of the cruel badger cull. The petition calls for an immediate end to the badger cull. Alongside this, it demands the implementation of cow-focused measures to control bovine tuberculosis […]