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Pictured: Tory MP Karen Bradley, speaking out against the shut down of virtual Parliament procedures.
Britain’s racist institutions need to learn that black lives matter
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Inside a scandal: The Tories are culpable for a Covid disaster in our care homes
Recently published documents shed new light on the Tories’ disgraceful handling of coronavirus in the care sector.
UK has granted dozens of riot gear export licenses to the US since 2010
Some of the equipment may be being used to crush Black Lives Matter protests right now.
Prof Prem Sikka: The corporate bailout bill will hurt workers and pensioners
US companies have used bankruptcy to shed jobs and scrap wage agreements.
Unions are putting ‘work-life balance’ back on the agenda
A big dispute fund has been built up.
In the US and UK, racism is killing BAME people
By delaying a report into disproportionate covid deaths, the UK government is displaying contempt for BAME people.
Jenny Jones: We entered lockdown too late and we’re relaxing it too early
Our infection rate isn’t low enough to open schools.
How charities plan to engineer an end to rough sleeping – forever
Charities are putting forward ambitious plans to end homelessness at last.
Ask how politics pays the piper to know who calls the tune
As a government sweetheart deal for big newspapers hits headlines, Jamie Beauvais asks if the concept of free and independent media has been lost.