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Palantir’s deal with the UK financial regulator could your hand your personal data to Trump— MPs and campaigners sound the alarm.
Palantir deal could hand your personal data to Trump administration
Palantir’s deal with the UK financial regulator could your hand your personal data to Trump— MPs and campaigners sound the alarm
www.thecanary.co
June 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Palantir’s deal with the UK financial regulator could your hand your personal data to Trump— MPs and campaigners sound the alarm.
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Reeves examines using private sector funds to build new towns.
It is PFI renamed as public-private partnerships (PPP).
The state guarantees corporate profits for decades. £1 private investment results in £6 govt repayment.
Cheaper for govt to borrow. It can issue public bonds.
It is PFI renamed as public-private partnerships (PPP).
The state guarantees corporate profits for decades. £1 private investment results in £6 govt repayment.
Cheaper for govt to borrow. It can issue public bonds.
Reeves examines using private sector funds to speed building of new towns
Chancellor in talks with banks and investment funds about public-private partnerships to build infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Reeves examines using private sector funds to build new towns.
It is PFI renamed as public-private partnerships (PPP).
The state guarantees corporate profits for decades. £1 private investment results in £6 govt repayment.
Cheaper for govt to borrow. It can issue public bonds.
It is PFI renamed as public-private partnerships (PPP).
The state guarantees corporate profits for decades. £1 private investment results in £6 govt repayment.
Cheaper for govt to borrow. It can issue public bonds.
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🚨 Workers’ rights are under growing attack worldwide!
🚨 The 2026 ITUC Global Rights Index rates 151 countries on workers’ rights and democracy.
🌍 Find your country’s rating and take action.
Learn more 👉 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
#RightsIndex26 #FightForDemocracy
🚨 The 2026 ITUC Global Rights Index rates 151 countries on workers’ rights and democracy.
🌍 Find your country’s rating and take action.
Learn more 👉 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
#RightsIndex26 #FightForDemocracy
June 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
🚨 Workers’ rights are under growing attack worldwide!
🚨 The 2026 ITUC Global Rights Index rates 151 countries on workers’ rights and democracy.
🌍 Find your country’s rating and take action.
Learn more 👉 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
#RightsIndex26 #FightForDemocracy
🚨 The 2026 ITUC Global Rights Index rates 151 countries on workers’ rights and democracy.
🌍 Find your country’s rating and take action.
Learn more 👉 www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
#RightsIndex26 #FightForDemocracy
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#OtD 2 Jun 1986 during the Wapping printers' dispute in East London, paper supplies at nearby Convoy's Wharf were hit by mystery arson stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9205...
June 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
#OtD 2 Jun 1986 during the Wapping printers' dispute in East London, paper supplies at nearby Convoy's Wharf were hit by mystery arson stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9205...
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🎙@gftu.org.uk #SummerSchool 🔥
👉 Part of an unmissable and unforgettable trade union education programme.
📅 13 - 15 July | 📍 Quorn Grange.
🔎 Sign up today, places are almost gone - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnion #Collaboration #Education #Learning
👉 Part of an unmissable and unforgettable trade union education programme.
📅 13 - 15 July | 📍 Quorn Grange.
🔎 Sign up today, places are almost gone - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnion #Collaboration #Education #Learning
May 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🎙@gftu.org.uk #SummerSchool 🔥
👉 Part of an unmissable and unforgettable trade union education programme.
📅 13 - 15 July | 📍 Quorn Grange.
🔎 Sign up today, places are almost gone - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnion #Collaboration #Education #Learning
👉 Part of an unmissable and unforgettable trade union education programme.
📅 13 - 15 July | 📍 Quorn Grange.
🔎 Sign up today, places are almost gone - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnion #Collaboration #Education #Learning
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⏰ Whilst the govt hits snooze, £394 Billion of dirty cash will work its way through the UK and its Overseas Territories.
There's no time to waste, the UK needs to tackle its dirty money problem.
Find out more: taxjustice.uk/campaign/dir...
There's no time to waste, the UK needs to tackle its dirty money problem.
Find out more: taxjustice.uk/campaign/dir...
May 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM
⏰ Whilst the govt hits snooze, £394 Billion of dirty cash will work its way through the UK and its Overseas Territories.
There's no time to waste, the UK needs to tackle its dirty money problem.
Find out more: taxjustice.uk/campaign/dir...
There's no time to waste, the UK needs to tackle its dirty money problem.
Find out more: taxjustice.uk/campaign/dir...
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3 stories on the water industry. Can you spot the link?
🚰 Thousands without water
💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought
💰 Record profits
How long do we have to put up with this?
🚰 Thousands without water
💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought
💰 Record profits
How long do we have to put up with this?
May 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
3 stories on the water industry. Can you spot the link?
🚰 Thousands without water
💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought
💰 Record profits
How long do we have to put up with this?
🚰 Thousands without water
💩 Sewage pumped into the sea in a 'storm overflow' during a drought
💰 Record profits
How long do we have to put up with this?
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The DWP have a compliant corporate media to breathlessly repeat their ableist propaganda -but here's what they missed from the Milburn report
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
DWP Milburn Report is another excuse to throw disabled kids under the bus
The DWP have a compliant corporate media to breathlessly repeat their ableist propaganda -but here's what they missed from the Milburn report
www.thecanary.co
May 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The DWP have a compliant corporate media to breathlessly repeat their ableist propaganda -but here's what they missed from the Milburn report
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
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A member of CPAG’s youth panel, Yash, commented:
May 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A member of CPAG’s youth panel, Yash, commented:
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Zia Yusuf is threatening to abolish the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Zia Yusuf responds to complaint about Islamophobia in Reform by threatening the equalities watchdog
27 MPs have called for a formal investigation into Islamophobia in Reform
leftfootforward.org
May 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Zia Yusuf is threatening to abolish the Equality and Human Rights Commission
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The deluded Tories are foolishly attacking nationalisation
Privatisation is something the public always hated. As such, we applaud Badenoch & the Tories decision to make themselves the face of it.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Privatisation is something the public always hated. As such, we applaud Badenoch & the Tories decision to make themselves the face of it.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
The deluded Tories are foolishly attacking nationalisation
Privatisation is something the public always hated. As such, we applaud Badenoch & the Tories decision to make themselves the face of it.
www.thecanary.co
May 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The deluded Tories are foolishly attacking nationalisation
Privatisation is something the public always hated. As such, we applaud Badenoch & the Tories decision to make themselves the face of it.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Privatisation is something the public always hated. As such, we applaud Badenoch & the Tories decision to make themselves the face of it.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Typical UK household energy bill to rise by £221 a year to £1,862.
Blamed on Iran war.
Will caut inflation, poverty, premature deaths
Govt can
End profiteering
Decouple price of electricity from gas
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel
Transfer levies to general taxation
Nationalise energy.
Blamed on Iran war.
Will caut inflation, poverty, premature deaths
Govt can
End profiteering
Decouple price of electricity from gas
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel
Transfer levies to general taxation
Nationalise energy.
Typical energy bill to rise by £221 a year from July due to Iran war
Millions of household energy bills governed by Ofgem's price cap will increase in July, the regulator says.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Typical UK household energy bill to rise by £221 a year to £1,862.
Blamed on Iran war.
Will caut inflation, poverty, premature deaths
Govt can
End profiteering
Decouple price of electricity from gas
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel
Transfer levies to general taxation
Nationalise energy.
Blamed on Iran war.
Will caut inflation, poverty, premature deaths
Govt can
End profiteering
Decouple price of electricity from gas
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel
Transfer levies to general taxation
Nationalise energy.
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Warm wishes to everyone celebrating Eid al-Adha. Eid Mubarak from all of us at UNISON.
May 27, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Warm wishes to everyone celebrating Eid al-Adha. Eid Mubarak from all of us at UNISON.
