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In the middle of a cost of living crisis, the government is stripping support away from disabled people

Ben Cooper
10 May, 2022

New polling from the charity Leonard Cheshire found that a third of disabled adults – more than 2.8 million people – had less than £50 per week to pay for food and other essentials.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
9 May, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Priti Patel

Priti Patel’s speech disrupted by activists over ‘inhumane’ and ‘morally bankrupt’ Rwanda refugee plan

Basit Mahmood
9 May, 2022

“Priti Patel, your racist policies are killing people. Your plans to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda are inhumane and are going to ruin people’s lives.”

Millions of people in the UK are missing meals because of the cost of living crisis, new survey finds

Basit Mahmood
9 May, 2022

There has been a 57% jump in the proportion of households cutting back on food or missing meals altogether in just three months.

Alooj Shah

North’s first female Muslim council leader slams ‘dehumanising’ smear campaign

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 May, 2022

Arooj Shah says she saw a ‘new low in the Conservatives in Oldham.’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

This is why essential industries need to be brought back into public ownership

Prem Sikka
6 May, 2022

Privatised industries pursue short-term objectives rather than long-term social objectives

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Anger after Tory who pleaded guilty to assaulting woman is re-elected as a councillor

Basit Mahmood
6 May, 2022

Gordon Cranney had pleaded guilty to the assault at Teesside Magistrates Court

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Tory council leader calls for Boris Johnson to quit after party suffers humiliating defeat in local election

Basit Mahmood
6 May, 2022

People don’t have “confidence that the prime minister can be relied upon to tell the truth”

Local Elections 2022: Labour, Lib Dems and Greens toast successes

Basit Mahmood
6 May, 2022

It’s been a disastrous night for the Tories in London, where Labour has taken control of hugely significant councils in Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster

Polling Station

Local elections: Tory candidates desperately attempt to distance themselves from Johnson and Westminster

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 May, 2022

Conservative council candidates have been accused of ‘trying to hide from their own government’s record’, as they attempt to dissociate from the scandal-mired prime minister.

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