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Britain’s youth need jobs not bombs
MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS agitates for British youth to engage in the fight for peace and the transfer of investment from armament to social programmes
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 3, 2025

THE Labour Party, despite having a mandate in Parliament to deliver the much-needed change that the working class in this country need, is pursuing an agenda of austerity against the most vulnerable in our society.

One of the first acts of this government was to take away the winter fuel allowance from elderly pensioners and to vote to keep the Tories’ two-child benefit cap.

Just this week, the labour government has announced cuts to disability benefits of up to £5 billion, which will leave the poorest and most vulnerable in society without necessary financial support to live.

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