Simon Childs

Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine protesters descended on Birmingham as Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned from visiting Aston Villa. Simon Childs reports from Birmingham. 

After Maccabi Tel Aviv fans rampaged through Amsterdam tearing down Palestine flags and chanting “fuck the Arabs”, Europe’s football authority pledged to investigate. A year later and days before another controversial match, that investigation is nowhere to be found, writes Simon Childs.

Exclusive: Workers at a huge federation of trade unions fear a redundancy process is being used to ‘wipe’ the institutional memory of a misogynistic workplace culture where union money was spent on strip clubs and women workers were left traumatised. Simon Childs reports.

Last year, Reform banned Novara Media from its conference. This year, it welcomed us with open arms. Here’s what Simon Childs discovered when he ventured to a conference hall near Birmingham airport.

Counter-terror police arrested five key spokespeople for Defend Our Juries just hours before the group announced its latest protest. Simon Childs reports.

The Sun published a report claiming asylum seekers are enjoying discounted boat rides, while the Mail on Sunday says the UK is in the midst of a ‘migrant crime wave’. Neither is true. Simon Childs reports.

Staff at the International Transport Workers’ Federation stand up for the rights of millions of workers across the world. Now they’re being subjected to a ‘sham’ redundancy process. Simon Childs reports.

Anti-migrant organisers used a Mail on Sunday story as the direct inspiration for a protest happening this weekend. Simon Childs reports.

Anti-immigration activists are holding protests in Norfolk, London and Essex as rightwing media fans the flames, prompting fears of a replay of last summer's racist riots. Simon Childs reports.

Exclusive: Kai Cunningham, described as ‘representative of the new Reform’, called for a ‘national socialist government’ and went on an antisemitic rant.