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Victim shaming under the spotlight as Trump forced to order FBI to probe Brett Kavanaugh

As Donald Trump is forced to announce that the FBI will (have just a week to) investigate sexual assault allegations against his chosen candidate for Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh, 90 organisations representing human rights and women have written warning that survivors of abuse should not be subjected to public attacks. The 90 bodies from Amnesty International USA and Equality Now to the College of Law and YWCA USA placed a full page ad in The Washington Post expressing concern about increasingly...

Over 70% of England’s water industry owned by Foreign firms, says study

If Michael Gove is serious about taking back control he must put England’s water back in public hands, says GMB Union Shock findings show that almost three quarters of England’s water industry is currently owned from overseas. At least 71% of shares in England’s nine privatised water companies are owned by organisations from overseas including the super-rich, banks, hedge funds, foreign governments and businesses based in tax havens. The revelations showed the need to end the scandal of water privatisation...

Over 2,000 head teachers march on Downing Street over “unsustainable” cuts to school budgets

In an unusual move head teachers have protested against cuts from school budgets. They large group gathered in Parliament Square before converging on Downing Street, where a delegation delivered a letter to Phillip Hammond over what they say are "unsustainable" funding cuts. Figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which show that funding per pupil fell by 8% between 2010 and 2018. Compared to last year, England's schools have 137,000 more pupils but 5,400 fewer teachers, and 2,800 fewer teaching...

Generation Z driving out discrimination in the workplace

More than a quarter of British workers say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace, research has revealed. The study found prejudice towards gender, race and age is still commonplace in UK businesses, but a youth-driven revolution could be underway to counter it. Generation Z (under 25s) are twice as likely to believe employers should do more to promote inclusion than Baby Boomers (over 55s). And they are twice as likely to question the status quo on equal opportunities too,...

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