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Reform mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham co-owns ‘unsafe squat hotel plagued by bed bugs’

Olivia Barber
Today

Cunningham has promised an “all out war” on crime in London, yet there have been complaints of theft and safety issues at the hotel she co-owns

Laila Cunningham, Reform's London Mayor candidate

Ed Miliband admits ‘situation has changed’ between UK and US after Greenland disagreement

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

In an extraordinary speech at Davos, Trump stepped up his claims to Greenland however ruled out using force.

Ed Miliband talking on LBC

PMQs: Keir Starmer humiliates Kemi Badenoch over Chagos deal attack

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Badenoch’s attempt to use Trump’s criticism of the Chagos deal against the government backfired

Keir Starmer at PMQs

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Government’s move to axe EU wine-importing legislation met with mockery among Remainers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 July, 2021

As empty supermarket shelves show Brexit’s hangover is kicking in, the government’s scrapping of EU wine import certification is lauded as a ‘Brexit victory’. Naturally, Remainers are up in arms.

Fair pay for the NHS

NHS: Why a 3% pay rise might be the best unions can get

Alex Maguire
26 July, 2021

Void of trade union cooperation, and with the Covid exit-wave making industrial action difficult, a 3% pay rise may well be as good as it gets, writes Alex Maguire.

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

Why Labour needs to look to 1964 not 1945

Samuel McIlhagga
26 July, 2021

Labour and Starmer should look to Harold Wilson’s election victory in 1964 for answers.

Treasury selling NatWest off at loss is missed opportunity to ‘rejuvenate economy’

Lucy Skoulding
23 July, 2021

‘NatWest could have been transformed into a people’s bank…but the government has shown no vision.’

Prof Prem Sikka: Pandemics destroy lives but neoliberalism is deadly too

Prem Sikka
23 July, 2021

UK politics is increasingly framed by markets, corporate profits and tax cuts rather than concerns about humanity, compassion and care, says Prem Sikka.

‘When I had Covid there was no support’: Harsh reality for UK’s migrant communities

Lucy Skoulding
23 July, 2021

In a new report, the UK’s migrant communities share some of the devastating situations they have found themselves in during the pandemic.

Covid girl in mask

Why government should not have removed face mask rules

Josh Abey
22 July, 2021

Businesses and workers have been left to bear the responsibility for preventing a major public health and economic setback.

Food

New map shows parts of UK where millions struggle to access food

Lucy Skoulding
22 July, 2021

In one local authority 14 percent of people are classed as hungry and 30 percent are struggling to access food

Migrants crossing the Channel

Behind last week’s media hype over migrant Channel crossings

Raoul Walawalker
22 July, 2021

Priti Patel last week pushed the harshest law yet over right to claim asylum as right-wing press agitated once again over Channel crossings

A photo of a London underground train run by TFL with passengers wearing masks

EXCLUSIVE: TfL unable to issue fines for mask dodgers after Johnson strips its powers

Josiah Mortimer
21 July, 2021

London Assembly Labour’s travel spokesperson expresses concern over mask-wearing, now that Johnson has deprived TfL of sanction powers.

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