‘Brexpress’ accused of stooping to ‘new low’ for column moaning about resignation of far-right Hungarian Brexit sympathisers
“Just how low can they go?”
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Protestors to gather in London for second ‘Global Day of Action for Gaza’ in two months
The National March for Palestine is assembling at Hyde Park at noon and will march to the Israeli Embassy.
Pensioner poverty: Rising pension age risks greater levels of poverty and health inequities, experts warn
“Even the suggestion that people won’t get it until their 70s will make people feel more distrustful than they already do in the state pension system.”
Calls grow for childcare workers to earn £15 an hour minimum wage and to end zero-hour contracts
‘Caring for and educating young children is skilled work, and the overwhelmingly female workforce deserves decent pay and conditions.’
The European Parliament: The Next Target of the Far-Right
What is fevered activity between minor parties in Europe, becomes equally fevered factional activity within the Tory Party.
Homelessness charity issues chilling warning over council funding cuts
A vital charity that helps vulnerable people has become vulnerable itself.
Northern mayors say train services have ‘got poorer’ since Northern Powerhouse promise
“What message does that send about the North? That we are somehow worth less than people in the South?”
Faith leaders and celebrities back Essential Guarantee Campaign, calling on political leaders to address poverty in election manifestos
‘The current amount of Universal Credit people are receiving has no bearing on basic human needs.’
‘No, Brexit was not a terrible mistake’ Telegraph column widely mocked
“If your opening gambit is “No, Brexit was not a terrible mistake,” you’ve already lost the argument…”
How the UK profits from war
As allies look sorrowfully on at our underfunded and shrinking armed forces, Britain’s arms trade is making a killing, with billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money being handed to arms manufacturers that give investors rich returns.