Join us next Tuesday (18 March) for an online discussion about how we rebuild working class power and the left - you can sign up for the event here: us05web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Jan 29: The academic Dr Miro Griffiths tells the committee it’s “nonsense” to pretend the bill exempts disabled people. For instance, someone could come within the “terminal illness” definition by disengaging from medical assistance. (An amendment to prevent this was rejected.)

With Reform UK now in control of nine councils and two mayoralties, I have been investigating how much planning power it wields, the types of development it may block and back, and what Reform control means for planning officers in those councils 🧵 planningresource.co.uk/article/191820…

"it's a brutal business" not getting to push through the needless, cruel cuts to the already meagre benefits of hundreds of thousands of disabled people - the British media class would make Gobbels blush

New video of IDF soldiers raping Palestinian Victim suffered ruptured intestine, severe injury to anus & lungs & broken ribs. Israelis then rioted for right to rape & government ministers defended the soldiers & one of the rapists became a TV celebrity

For us Nurses working for ICB’s we were told MONTHS ago that there’d be a 50% cut of expenditure by Dec Now told we may not know if our jobs remain till end of Aug. No jobs to apply for as everywhere has recruitment freezes due to restructures Appalling treatment Wes Streeting

New analysis from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has shown that nurse pay has been so severely eroded, that starting salaries are now over £8k lower than if wages had kept up with inflation since 2010. #VoteReject rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

This is UK Independence Party leader Nick Marcel Tenconi doing a Nazi Salute at a far-right rally. An insult to the 6 million Jews slaughtered by the Nazis. Instead of arresting pensioners for peaceful protest against genocide, the Police should be knocking on Tenconi's door. RT if you agree.

In today’s Morning Star , Laura Pidcock and I have an article introducing Rise , setting out our broad approach to politics and social change - if you want to find out more or get involved, get in touch: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/say-it…

Now this is how you announce your election victory! Finally the Green Party have good comms - and finally they have a leader who’s totally confident using anti-elite populist rhetoric that will enthuse a far wider voter base. No more meekness!

🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 ✅ strike action: 76% ✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80% ✅ turnout: 77% ASOS begins today with UCU threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages." Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all. #ReclaimUCU

Sometimes solutions are easy Jo Grady & UCU Let’s sit down and talk without conditions or threats that damage everyone. It’s time to resolve this dispute. Our statement, with support from the following branch committees:

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UNISON members have elected Andrea Egan as the union’s next general secretary. Full details and turnout information are available here ⬇️ unsn.uk/43AqMWf

🚨 I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary. This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:

My warning as the new head of Unison: never again will we prop up politicians hostile to unions theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Regrettably our members will be commencing strike action from 9 February over the victimisation of our Health and Safety Officer. uniteucu.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/ucu…

📣 Hands off Marie! Tell Jo Grady and UCU to stop victimising Unite UCU's safety rep. ✍️ [email protected] #HandsOffMarie

How does the Health Secretary expect UNISON members to the solve the NHS crisis when he won’t even pay them enough to make ends meet? So long as staff continue to be underpaid and disrespected our healthcare system will continue to suffer.

Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back in this interview with Shehab Khan ITV