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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

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Chris Jarvis
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The trade union Unite has won pay rises of up to 28.5 per cent

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Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

“Network Rail staff are asking for basic fair treatment: not to be sacked from their jobs; a fair pay rise in the face of a cost-of-living-crisis; and no race to the bottom on terms and conditions.”

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Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

The non-stop gaffe machine Nadine Dorries has shown she doesn’t even have a basic grasp of her own job

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Keir Starmer under investigation over alleged breaches of MPs’ code of conduct

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 June, 2022

The Labour leader is being probed by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

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Low-paid NHS staff forced to use food banks as they face huge real wage hit

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
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Nurses who face a shocking real terms pay cut this year of £1,600, are being forced to use food banks to feed families.

The Sun

Right-wing media runs smear campaign on people opposing Rwanda deportation policy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 June, 2022

Parts of the press seem intent on discrediting all opponents of what is described as a ‘monstrous’ deal to ‘offload’ asylum seekers in Rwanda.

Johnson at a school

Government shelves free school meals for tens of thousands of children

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 June, 2022

Boris Johnson is facing another backlash following the ditching of the free school meal extension for up to one million pupils.

Social housing

‘Housing is a human right, not a luxury’: Amnesty International delivers damning critique of government housing policy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 June, 2022

‘The current housing system in England is simply not fit for purpose.’

Rwanda deportation

Rwanda deportation policy branded ‘disgraceful’ by Home Office workers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 June, 2022

‘It feels like we are taking part in human trafficking.’

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