Tax Justice UK is an advocacy organisation calling for progressive tax reform. One reform they’ve championed is the UK’s Digital Services Tax (DST) which is set to generate £4.4bn – £5.2bn between 2024 and 2029. The group is now warning the UK could miss out on this money, with Donald Trump pressuring Keir Starmer to...

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has succeeded in reversing a human rights-based ruling that allowed a family of Palestinian refugees fleeing Israel’s genocide in Gaza, to remain in the UK. The Court of Appeal backed Mahmood’s bid to prevent refugees using a scheme designed for (almost all white) Ukrainians to remain in Britain under the provisions...

Trade unions are calling on Labour to demonstrate their commitment to workers’ rights following last week’s cabinet reshuffle. They want the ensure that the government follows through on the in-progress Employment Rights Bill without watering it down further. The demands come after Angela Rayner, a champion of the bill from the off, resigned last week...

On 18 September, a rift between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn resulted in “chaos” for Your Party. On 19 September, a group calling itself ‘Our Party’ materialised with a proposal to temporarily manage the fledgling political organisation. One criticism was that it wasn’t clear who was behind the proposal, although they did say they were...

Earlier today, Rachel Reeves gave a teaser for her fast-approaching budget. While teasers can work well for upcoming movies, they prove less effective for something that no one is looking forward to. In fact, many are probably dreading the budget speech: Reeves, making a speech on he economy at 8 in the morning, communicates just...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has had an audience with King Charles ahead of a meeting with UK PM Keir Starmer. Reports suggest Starmer will press allies for more long-range missiles for Ukraine. That kind of support is bipartisan. Boris Johnson was also a huge fan of Zelenskiy. But what about figures like Marwan Barghouti? Western liberals have...