PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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How can children learn when they are wracked by poverty?
NEU general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE warns that after 14 years of Conservative rule, fatigue, hunger and poor health are commonplace in Britain’s schools
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
IT’S 2024, in the sixth-richest nation on the planet, and child poverty stalks the land.
Twelve million people — 18 per cent of the entire UK population — are living in absolute poverty, 3.6 million of them children.
Nearly a fifth of people are struggling to meet basic needs and an additional 300,000 children have fallen into poverty over a 12-month period.
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