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Tory MPs suggest Priti Patel changes law so Russia’s “enablers” in House of Lords can be stripped of their peerages
Questions continue to be raised over Johnson’s role in pushing for a peerage for Evgeny Lebedev.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Tory minister defends UK offering just 50 visas to Ukrainian refugees during car crash interview
The UK’s response has been slammed as ‘inhumane’
An enduring mental health crisis needn’t be a legacy of this pandemic
‘An enduring legacy from this pandemic should instead be putting mental health on par with physical health’
EU issues 30 times more sanctions than UK since Russia invaded Ukraine
Analysis by Bloomberg shows that while the EU has sanctioned 490 Russian entities since the country first invaded Ukraine, the UK has just sanctioned 16.
Right Wing Watch newsletter: week 1 March 2022
This week’s newsletter looks at immigration, nationality and citizenship in the UK in light of the Ukraine conflict.
International Women’s Day: Calls for new approach to end VAWG and support all women’s rights
‘We call on government to match its rhetoric on ending VAWG with actions that support all women’s rights – including migrant women, and black and minoritised women.’
Greens call for ban on banks holding fossil fuel assets
Party members voted for the policy near-unanimously, which would also see UK pension funds required to remove fossil fuels from their investment portfolios.
Russia-Ukraine conflict set to elevate the crisis in war-torn Yemen
With the world’s eyes and media focused on the crisis in Ukraine, the people of Yemen cannot afford to be ignored – now more than ever.
Greens back international treaty to end fossil fuel expansion
Members of the Green Party have voted to support a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at their online spring conference.