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Labour’s promise to take back control of key public services should be welcomed — but it’s false to claim that this cannot be done whilst in the EU or single market, writes Green MEP Molly Scott Cato.
The shadow home secretary said Labour would not pander to the ‘immigration panic’ and would create a ‘humane system’ for migrants and refugees.
In some cases the cost of PFI borrowing has been more than four times the cost of government borrowing.
There’s a lazy view amongst Brexiteers that Angela Merkel will unofficially lead and iron out negotiations between Britain and the EU. But this is a political fantasy.
With Private Finance Initiatives, the UK owes £300bn on assets worth only £50bn. This failed policy of the Blair years is finally being exorcised by the party.
“We should also be clear about the urgency of the situation. The end of free movement would be the biggest expansion of border controls in recent British history.”
The UK economy is not working. Dramatic reform is needed now.
Amid cuts to legal aid and a wide range of unjust government actions, the former Justice Secretary calls for a new Right to Justice for the UK.
A financial crisis may be looming – but big banks are looking in the wrong place.
School staff are having to foot the bill for a crisis of the government’s making.
