Tag: Conservative Party

3 April 2023

Several British lawyers have warned that the government's anti-strikes bill ...

UK’s broken asylum system sees £3.5bn in UK aid money spent internally

by Joe Glenton

23 January 2024

The government is spending billions in aid, meant for overseas ...

People protest Netanyahu as the Israel PM visits London

Citizens in the UK and Israel protest against Netanyahu as his government veers further right

13 October 2025

Citizens in the UK and Israel are protesting Israel's prime ...

A protest outside the Royal Court over pregnant women being locked up in UK prisons

‘No Births Behind Bars’: the scandal of imprisoning pregnant women in the UK

by Kate Bermingham

22 March 2023

Content warning: This article contains mention of infant death. Nearly ...

Protesters standing next to green water with floating inflatable poos in it. They included Extinction Rebellion - as the group unveiled another blue plaque

The Tories are getting splashback for their ‘flotilla of poo’

20 March 2023

Activists, including Extinction Rebellion (XR), have once again awarded a ...

Boris Johnson and David Cameron - representing the TUC releasing a report into living standards and wages

New research shows precisely who’s to blame for your tanking living standards

According to new analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), ...

An NHS campaign sign that says #VoteReject NHS Workers Say No as the RCN accepts the Tories pay offer

While the RCN caves to the Tories’ tawdry pay offer, grassroots campaigners are urging NHS workers to say ‘no’

The Tory government and NHS unions have reached an offer ...

The teachers' strike by the NEU has got the Tories on the back-foot

Teachers’ strike: Tories go to war with NEU as impasse grows

15 March 2023

The National Education Union (NEU) began two days of strike ...

The government manipulating BBC pandemic coverage really shouldn’t be a surprise

Boris Johnson's government directly interfered in BBC coverage of government ...

Rishi Sunak looking worried, agencies TUC anti-strike laws

This Budget Day workers are making it clear the economy needs to work for them

Wednesday 15 March is Budget Day in the UK - ...

Fiona Bruce on BBCQT defending Stanley Johnsons DVA

‘Sickening’ Fiona Bruce just shamed herself and BBC’s Question Time over Stanley Johnson’s domestic violence

10 March 2023

Content warning: this article contains discussion of domestic violence BBC ...

The DWP and Universal Credit logos in reference to a benefits crackdown

The DWP is scaling up the rollout of its latest Universal Credit benefits crackdown

12 April 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said it ...

Rishi Sunak refuces calls for a ceasefire

Just when you thought Britain couldn’t get any more racist, the Tories bring the Illegal Migration Bill

by Eliza Egret

8 March 2023

Rishi Sunak has announced that refugees arriving into the UK ...

a Unison picket line - representing the Tories new anti-strikes law which the JCHR has intervened in

MPs and lords blast anti-strikes bill for breaching ‘human rights obligations’

6 March 2023

The Tories' anti-strikes bill has drawn significant criticism since its ...

a picture of a trade union rally with RMT leader Mick Lynch, UCU leader Jo Grady and NEU leader Mary Bousted

What do the RMT and NEU strikes have in common with the UCU? Not a lot, unfortunately.