Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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What sort of society allows children to go hungry?
We need to redouble our efforts to bring Foodbank Britain to an end, says CHARLOTTE HUGHES
Centre manager Michele Lawrence at the Trussell Trust Brent Foodbank, Neasden, London
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
ON Thursday December 20 we held a special Christmas memorial service outside Ashton-Under-Lyne jobcentre.
We do this every year in memory of every person who has died as a result of the government’s heartless treatment of the poor and disabled.
Austerity measures, the further roll-out of universal credit and failed Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment “medicals” have all ensured that the poorest and most vulnerable will be living in poverty for years to come.
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