While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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LAURA BRIGGS is suspicious of the government’s allocation of public funding to establish a ‘national tutoring programme’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson waits in line in the playground to wash his hands during a visit to Bovingdon Primary School in Hertfordshire
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
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General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THE government last week outlined proposals which promise £650 million in additional funding for the upcoming academic year in order to help pupils catch up on education missed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite this being marketed to school leaders as additional funding, this cash injection does not offset the real-terms cuts suffered by schools year on year — let alone provide the “extra” funding needed to recover from a global pandemic.
Though any additional funding is welcome at this time, we must not forget that public education remains chronically underfunded and that over four million children are living in poverty as a result of neoliberal austerity measures.
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With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY