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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Ed Jacobs runs through Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s responses to the strikes.
Johann Lamont writes about the necessity of fighting the legal loan sharks who prey on the vulnerable poor.
The Into the Black Labour crowd have nailed their colours to the OBR just as it – and George Osborne – lose credibility. What gives?
Alex Hern gives a latest update on where the NHS bill stands in the House of Lords, and writes about the extent of the logjam in the upper house.
Ben Fox writes about the latest crisis of the Eurozone, which is looking increasingly like a second credit crunch, but argues that solvency must still be the aim
Alex Hern reports David Miliband’s remarks in the Financial Times, in which the former foreign secretary argues against an invasion of Iran.
David Taylor writes about the cut to international development that was included in the autumn statement
Free speech campaigner Councillor Michael Harris explains why it is wrong to arrest far-right Tory Jeremy Clarkson for his sickening anti-trade union rant.
Alex Hern covers the latest news from the occupy movement in the USA.
Alex Hern runs through the latest issues the government is having with gender equality
