Polly Smythe

Labour used the accessibility provisions for a disabled councillor and single mum as a factional weapon in order to ‘rig’ an election. Polly Smythe reports.

The bougie bakery chain has seen rapid growth in affluent, Lib Dem-voting areas. It now faces allegations of punishing work conditions and union busting. Polly Smythe reports.

On Monday, the Royal Ballet and Opera cancelled a planned production of Tosca at the Israeli National Opera. Workers say the institution must refuse all work with Israel indefinitely. Polly Smythe reports.

At-risk refuse workers were encouraged to avoid a pay cut by retraining for new roles. There was just one problem: these jobs don't exist. Polly Smythe reports.

Former Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls, who joined a July aid flotilla to Gaza, told Polly Smythe that the main unions in the US “continue to do the dirty work for Israel”.

Food delivery couriers are facing increased attacks from the rightwing press, far-right thugs and now, the Labour government. Polly Smythe reports.

A union representing dockworkers at one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean - a key stopping point for Israeli goods - has said it will ‘block everything’ if Israel stops the inbound aid flotilla. Polly Smythe reports.

Starmer’s recent reshuffle saw two champions of Labour’s flagship workers’ rights legislation leave the frontbench, creating a vacuum that businesses are eagerly filling. Polly Smythe surveys an uneasy landscape from the Trade Union Congress's annual meeting.

Britain’s trade unions have narrowly passed a historic motion to prioritise “wages not weapons”, suggesting the movement may be ready to renegotiate its commitment to the defence sector. Polly Smythe reports from TUC congress.

Andrea Egan wants to turn the 1.3 million-member Unison from a creaking bureaucracy to a vehicle for worker power. Polly Smythe meets her.