Peckham protest

Why I’m standing for Lewisham mayor

1st April 2026 editor 0

Lewisham Labour council is closing the local shopping centre, replacing it with unaffordable housing. It is also planning £33 million of cuts, including: £9 million from children’s services and£850,000 cuts to adult social care.

March against the far right

Hundreds of thousands march against the far right

1st April 2026 editor 0

Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the anti-far right Together demonstration on 28 March. The driving force behind the mass turnout was a desire to show that far-right ideas and politics are not welcome in our streets, communities, and workplaces.

Brick Lane Independent Special School strike

Brick Lane Independent Special School strike

25th March 2026 editor 0

Teachers and support staff at Brick Lane Independent Special School began a five-day strike on 18 March. Support staff report working an extra hour each day compared with those at the borough’s state special schools, yet still earn below the London living wage.

Bow bus drivers' strike

Bow bus drivers strike for first time in decades

25th March 2026 editor 0

Drivers at the Bow bus garage in East London have finished a solid four-day strike as the nearly 500 workers at the garage are being made to work long shifts covering extremely busy routes through central London with insufficient breaks.

Bus drivers on strike in Waltham Forest

‘Fighting austerity is how we smash racism’

25th March 2026 editor 0

As we take to the streets to march against racism on 28 March, trade unionists and campaigners know that the threat from Reform UK and the far right is growing. But we also know that racism doesn’t exist in a vacuum.