Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Covid-19 shows how important health and safety culture really is
Research by the Institute of Employment Rights has revealed that health & safety inspectors have been prevented from visiting workplaces the government has deemed 'Covid-secure.' This disregard for workers cannot go on, writes PROFESSOR PHIL JAMES
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
IN THE first week of the current lockdown, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) received 2,945 reports of employers breaking coronavirus rules and putting their staff at risk. In response, it did nothing.
This fact, revealed through analysis conducted by the Observer, surprises no-one who has spent decades watching the slow disintegration of health & safety laws and regulation in Britain.
But when Boris Johnson confidently announced that workplaces were “Covid-secure” back in May — and that he could guarantee this through HSE “spot-checks” — I and my fellow academics in the field were astonished.
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