Polly Smythe
Labour Movement Correspondent at Novara Media
Labour reporter @novaramedia / stories and tips to [email protected]
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4 days ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
When Keir Starmer announced the creation of a £10 billion AI datacentre at Blyth in Northumberland last year, it was with a promise that the site would bring 4,000 jobs to the north-east of England. For an ex-mining town, once home to two coal power stations, this was welcome news.
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1 week ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
Universities face possible sector-wide strikes after the University and College Union (UCU) overwhelmingly backed a motion preparing the union for a trade dispute with the government over the crisis in higher education funding. The motion, which faced little opposition from delegates at the union’s annual congress in Liverpool, could see the government clash directly with the union for the first time.
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2 weeks ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
“I worked for 22 years in the metals industry,” said Nigel Farage in April, commenting on the under-threat steelworks in Scunthorpe. “I’ve watched many of the firms that I used to deal with close or disappear.”That the Reform leader watched those disappearances from his desk as a metals trader in the city hasn’t stopped him putting his former career to good use as justification for turning up at British Steel’s flagship site to call for nationalisation of the steelmaker.
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2 weeks ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
Paywalls? Never. We think quality reporting should be free for everyone – and our supporters make that possible. Chip in today and help build people-powered media that everyone can access. “When you’re a dock worker, it’s very hard to look the other way,” explained Erik Helgeson. Having spent the last 20 years working at the port of Gothenburg, unloading everything from bananas to trucks, he sees the commodities shipped to and from Sweden up close.
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3 weeks ago |
novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe
A former Arsenal kit manager is suing the football club for unfair dismissal and discrimination over its decision to sack him for expressing solidarity with Palestine on social media. Life-long Arsenal supporter Mark Bonnick, 61, had worked at the north London club’s academy for 22 years until he was fired on Christmas Eve last year over a series of social media posts.
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