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A better future for transport after the pandemic?

Steve Melia4 April 20212 Comments2021-04-04T10:05:02+01:00

The government is worried that as the economy recovers this year, “the move away from public transport during the crisis will cause unmanageable levels of car traffic, slowing some areas…

Is opposing HS2 the best use of the left’s political energy?

Alex May 2 April 2021 6 Comments2021-04-04T09:51:19+01:00

Unlike most infrastructure projects, HS2 has potential ecological benefits, which means that environmentalists have to choose between two harmful options. Yet we cannot consider HS2 in the abstract: we must…

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party is a sideshow built in toxic masculinity

Lorna Slater 29 March 2021 1 Comment2021-03-29T16:22:06+01:00

When Alex Salmond decides to try to destroy his protégé because she refused to fiddle the complaints against him, the media love it as soap opera. But in truth, his…

Matt Hancock’s proposals for our NHS are bad news

Sarah Nield 27 March 2021 2 Comments2021-03-27T13:22:59+00:00

The NHS, if you ask me, is pretty much the best thing this country has ever achieved. But it is so woven into the fabric of our lives that we often take…

What happened in Israel’s legislative elections?

Basel AlMadhoun 27 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-27T09:41:11+00:00

The Israeli parliamentary election held on March 23 is the fourth election to take place in the past two years. Three of which have failed to produce a stable coalition…

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Garment workers’ rights in Sri Lanka under threat during COVID pandemic

Will Herbert26 March 20211 Comment2021-03-26T20:07:34+00:00

Advocacy groups and trade unions have released a briefing on workers’ rights abuses in Sri Lanka’s garment industry. Covid-19: A Pretext to Roll Back Sri Lankan Garment Workers’ Rights was signed…

Strike actions planned at Heathrow Airport

William Harrison 22 March 2021 1 Comment2021-03-22T16:02:06+00:00

Plane at Heathrow Airport. Image Credits via osde8info under CC BY-SA Amidst a dispute over plans to fire and rehire much of the workforce at Heathrow Airport, the trade union…

Sian Berry proposes £10k a year payment for 1,000 young Londoners to enter arts

Chris Jarvis 19 March 2021 No Comment2021-03-19T15:50:33+00:00

Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Sian Berry has pledged to pilot a new financial support scheme for young Londoners if elected Mayor of London in May. The scheme…

Number of UK universities committed to divest from fossil fuels reaches 86

Chris Jarvis 12 March 2021 1 Comment2021-03-12T16:04:18+00:00

The total number of UK universities to publicly commit to not investing in fossil fuels has reached 86. The university of Brighton has joined the majority of universities in the…

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine divests from all fossil fuels

Chris Jarvis 8 March 2021 3 Comments2021-03-08T15:37:36+00:00

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has committed to exclude all companies involved in fossil fuel extraction form its investment portfolio. In doing so LSHTM becomes the…