The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
LAST week shadow chancellor John McDonnell demanded an “emergency Budget” to respond to the crisis facing our public services.
The NHS reports record staffing shortages while waiting times climb. Public servants have seen their pay packets shrink for seven years running.
Eighty-eight per cent of schools are seeing budget cuts which average £52,546 a year for primary schools and a staggering £178,321 a year for secondary schools, according to research by the School Cuts website.
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