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Labour4PR rally: ‘This is about justice in our political system’
“PR creates a culture of much better decision making and working across parties in order to improve quality of decisions made.”
Interview: Tan Dhesi urges government to do more to guard against imported toxic ideologies following violent unrest in Leicester
“We have to constantly work to keep community cohesion because there are forces at play who do not want that to happen.”
Stamp duty cut slammed for ‘propping up house prices’ and benefiting the wealthier
“People don’t need help to move home. They need help to keep and heat the one they have.”
Angela Rayner tells Labour conference the party will ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation’
‘The Tories have become too dependent on handing away our public services on the cheap’
Climate campaigners threaten legal action over lifting of fracking ban
Greenpeace has hit out at the government’s actions, condemning them as “unlawful.” Meanwhile, Scotland confirms its policy on fracking is not changing.
New campaign aims to raise awareness of clothing deprivation
The initiative is aimed at exposing clothing poverty and waste, to provide adequate clothing for all, and bring about change in law around the right to clothing.
Government faces backlash over plans to ditch proposed bans on fur and foie gras imports
“It’s illegal to produce fur in the UK and it’s illegal to produce foie gras. We have to address the contradiction that if it’s too cruel to be produced here in the UK it’s too cruel to import it.”
Liz Truss is planning a “full frontal assault on working people” – Frances O’Grady interview
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady speaks to Left Foot Forward about the government’s plans for workers’ rights, the current wave of strikes and how trade unions can help tackle the climate crisis
Gordon Brown’s superb Twitter thread on the scale of poverty and inequality in the UK
‘The low paid get just £550 in government help, despite facing £1,300 rise in fuel bills not to mention other costs’.
Prem Sikka: This mini-budget will only increase inequality and poverty
The biggest winners are corporations and the rich. As a result, the government’s borrowing will surge from £72.4bn, to £234.1bn, but won’t provide details of the impact on current and future generations.