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Thursday, December 11, 2025

A Slow-Burning Scandal

The government refuses to act on toxic flame retardants in our bedding and furnishings. Everything gets buried by Brexit – that, after all, is the...
Madness! Fake News! Clueless! These are some of the terms being used to describe the leaked information by Robert Peston at ITN. https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1238030855584526336?s=20 The information that...

Digital Detoxing

Hello! I’m Laura (not Laura of Mama with the blue dress fame, I can but dream). Due to circumstances beyond my control, I found myself...

The 2020 Budget Summary

Coronavirus Government response designed to be complementary to measures announced by Bank of England. Details a "£30bn stimulus" package. Warns of temporary disruption to economy from COVID-19....
As citizens, we’re all responsible for the quality of public debate. Fact checkers' efforts can go much further if they work alongside a critical and...
Wilko is set to slash sick pay for tens of thousands of retail and distribution workers. The company plans to cut sick pay entitlement for...
Sometimes when approaching prospective members, we hear “the union isn't for me”, and “actually, what has it ever done for workers in the first...
·         Women’s Pay Day – the day the average women starts getting paid compared to the average man – is today (Wed 4 March)  ·         Yet women workers in...
Government must improve auto-enrolment rules so that every pay packet includes a decent pension contribution, says TUC New data published today by the Office...
A Facebook post showing a little girl with the text “A little girl from vanishes after getting into a stranger’s car. Help recognise...