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This new bill on domestic abuse is a step in the right direction – but big gaps remain

Natalie Bennett
5 January, 2021 (3 weeks ago)

Support services are stretched to the limit – and too many people are likely to fall through the cracks, writes Natalie Bennett.

Mike Amesbury: 2020 has seen the best of solidarity – and the worst of unfettered capitalism

Mike Amesbury
28 December, 2020

As we look to rebuild a new, fairer society after the pandemic, we need to demand better.

Daniel Zeichner: Britain’s food system is broken – and the Tories can’t fix it

Daniel Zeichner
24 December, 2020

The market alone can’t solve food poverty.

How the UK is blocking global access to Covid vaccines – and what needs to happen next

Baroness Shas Sheehan
16 December, 2020

To ensure global access to the new Covid-19 vaccines, we need to challenge Big Pharma’s monopolies, argues Lib Dem spokesperson Baroness Sheehan.

This proposed new law on sex work risks making the ‘hostile environment’ even worse

Rachel Trafford
16 December, 2020

The hostile environment and exploitative capitalism fuels state violence against migrant sex workers, writes Rachel Trafford.

Spending Review: Just some of the times Tory ministers pledged to keep the aid budget intact

Josiah Mortimer
25 November, 2020

One minister promised his ‘good pal’ the Chancellor wouldn’t be cutting the aid budget only in September…

Dr Kailash Chand: The pandemic is poverty. To ‘level up’ we need to overhaul our economy

Dr Kailash Chand OBE
24 November, 2020

The former deputy chair of the British Medical Association shows how inequality is deeply wrapped up in the Covid crisis.

Unions worry this ‘rushed’ UK trade deal could undermine labour standards in east Africa

Tony Burke
11 November, 2020

The UK government is pushing through trade deals before the Brexit transition period ends. But at what cost?

A minister has boasted about how easy it is to fire workers in Britain

Josiah Mortimer
10 November, 2020

The comments come amid growing anger over fire-and-rehire tactics.

Home truths: What we can learn from the ‘Return of Squalor’ in Britain

Chris Worrall
10 November, 2020

The neglect of housing here is a national scandal. A new anthology lifts the lid on a decade of policy failure.

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