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Thousands of migrants left in the lurch by self-isolation muddle
Under the government’s discriminatory immigration system, it remains unclear whether those with no recourse to public funds will have access to the new Covid emergency payment, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative
With the centenary of the UN Slavery Convention upon us, ROGER McKENZIE argues much needs to be done to rid us of all its contemporary manifestations
SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
THE government introduced a new £500 emergency payment to help low-paid people who must self-isolate over Covid-19.
But in a sign of both the government’s lack of control and its mixed-up, discriminatory immigration system, ministers admitted they do not know if hundreds of thousands of migrants can apply for the self-isolation payment.
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle pressed the government on this key issue and found that they, quite literally, do not know what they are doing.
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