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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news...
Tory minister defends UK offering just 50 visas to Ukrainian refugees during car crash interview
The UK's response has been slammed as 'inhumane'
An enduring mental health crisis needn’t be a legacy of this pandemic
'An enduring legacy from this pandemic should instead be putting mental health on par with physical health'
EU issues 30 times more sanctions than UK since Russia invaded Ukraine
Analysis by Bloomberg shows that while the EU has sanctioned 490 Russian entities since the country first invaded Ukraine, the UK has just sanctioned 16.
Greens call for ban on banks holding fossil fuel assets
Party members voted for the policy near-unanimously, which would also see UK pension funds required to remove fossil fuels from their investment portfolios.
Russia-Ukraine conflict set to elevate the crisis in war-torn Yemen
With the world’s eyes and media focused on the crisis in Ukraine, the people of Yemen cannot afford to be ignored - now more than ever.