Operation Shutdown parents’ group complains Theresa May has ignored requests for consultation Operation Shutdown, a parents-driven protest group demanding measures to combat knife-crime, plans to camp for a full week […]
May’s denials draw ridicule – and mothers plan direct action to protect their and others’ children. On Monday Theresa May was ridiculed and heavily criticised for a nonsensical claim that […]
UN Special Rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, today delivered a damning verdict on the Tory government’s treatment of the UK’s vulnerable people – the disabled, single […]
Tory chair and Great Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis showed typical Tory arrogance yesterday with a dismissive comment about a large attendance of local people to protest against Tory-controlled Norfolk County […]
This article has been superseded as new information emerged the following morning. For the updated position, see here. After a concerted campaign by Momentum for ‘open selection’ (OS) – the […]
In this guest post, activist Jess Tomlinson details the draconian cuts inflicted on England’s Children’s Centres and calls for help to reverse the decline. Children’s Centre across England are facing […]
As the SKWAWKBOX covered at the end of April, in a single weekend half a million people used the NUT’s school-cuts app in a single weekend to find out the […]
A new video published by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has revealed the hideous scale of Tory damage to our children’s education. With many parents and grandparents already getting […]
The Tories love to talk about ‘choice’ – in the NHS, in public services – and in education. This never adds up to better options for ordinary people, but it’s […]