Exclusive: Benali Hamdache is standing to be the Green Party’s next London Mayoral candidate
Benali Hamdache is standing to be the Green Party's next candidate for Mayor of London, Bright Green can exclusively reveal. The next London Mayoral election is set to take place in 2024.…
45,000 sign Enough is Enough pledge to defend the right to strike
Over 45,000 people have signed a pledge saying they will fight to defend the right to strike. The pledge, coordinated by the Enough is Enough campaign comes as the Westminster…
Nurses strikes: 60% of public back walkouts
Support for striking workers remains strong, a new poll has found. An Opinium poll for The Observer, found that 60 per cent of people in the UK support the decision of nurses…
ITUC general secretary ‘steps aside’ amid Qatar bribery scandal
Luca Visentini, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has “stepped aside from his post” less than 2 months after being elected to the top job in the…
Zack Polanski slams Labour frontbench for refusing to join picket lines on LBC’s Cross Question
The deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Zack Polanski has hit out the Labour leadership's refusal to join picket lines. Polanski made the comments on the…
Trade unions in Belarus are continuing their fight for workers’ rights despite ban from Lukashenko regime
Belarus’ free trade unions continue their fight for workers’ rights, after the Lukashenko regime banned their organisations. In October, exiled union leaders launched Salidarnast, or Solidarity, from the former offices…
Greens celebrate as over 500,000 young people in Scotland have benefited from free bus travel
Over 500,000 young people in Scotland have benefited from a scheme of free bus travel, government figures indicate. According to the Scottish Government, there are 548,200 holders of a free…
People & Planet University League: Majority of UK universities are failing to meet carbon reduction targets
The majority of universities in the UK are failing to meet their carbon reduction targets, new research has found. Universities were expected to reduce carbon emissions they directly control by…
Keir Starmer says there is “no case” for abolishing private schools
There is "no case" for abolishing private schools, the Labour leader Keir Starmer has claimed. He made the comments in an interview on Radio 4's Today programme, in which he also argued…
Nadhim Zahawi suggests nurses should accept real terms pay cut to send a message to Putin
There's a new frontrunner in the race to be the Tory MP making the most absurd argument against workers getting decent pay rises. Minister without Portfolio Nadhim Zahawi has suggested…