Left Foot Forward
Rachel Hopkins MP: Defending BTECs is vital to a progressive skills agenda
'Under the Conservative Party’s rule, the skills agenda has been nothing more than an afterthought. Apprenticeship starts have fallen by 38%, the number of adult learners has dropped by 4 million'
Tory MP deletes Twitter account after claiming it would be ‘immoral’ for Britain to take in more Ukrainian refugees
His comments also drew criticism from his own Tory association
Diane Abbott MP: The government should be more like the British people when it comes to welcoming refugees
'Ministers have offered delay, misdirection, legalism and conditionality. By contrast the public has offered concern, donations, and some are even willing to open their homes'.
‘They’re lying to you’: Editor interrupts Russian TV news broadcast with ‘no war’ protest
'No war, stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.’
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
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‘Putin go f*** yourself’: Squatters occupy mansion owned by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska
"You occupy Ukraine, we occupy you.”