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UK prisons are “on the point of collapse” and in need of reform. This was the verdict from new Labour Party justice secretary Shabana Mahmood. On Friday 12 July, she…
UK prisons are “on the point of collapse” and in need of reform. This was the verdict from new Labour Party justice secretary Shabana Mahmood. On Friday 12 July, she…
Keir Starmer has suspended seven of his own Labour Party MPs for rebelling over the two-child benefit cap. John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum,…
The now Labour-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its annual report. So predictably, it was prime opportunity for the right-wing hacks at the Times to punch down on…
In 2006, I started to embody a new, difficult and edgy character – Adenoid Hynkel, the Great Dictator, Chaplin’s spirited and timely parody of Hitler. Finding myself trawling all the…
On Tuesday 23 July, campaigners, politicians, and trade unions gathered at parliament to call on the new Labour Party government to provide #FreeSchoolMealsForAll. You’d think, given the evidence, that giving…
A new report has offered a revealing insight into the Labour-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) likely “back to work” plans over the next five years. Crucially, it advocates…
The following is a comment piece from Just Stop Oil Just Stop Oil has won its initial demand, calling for the UK government to end all new oil, gas and…
Chronically ill and disabled people took over Parliament Square to demand that the new Labour Party government undo years of damage caused by the Tories. From the DWP to social…
With the advent of a New-New neoliberal lovelorn Labour Party government, what better time is there for a big corporate media politician rehabilitation parade? This time, it was head of…
The following article is an open letter from the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPACUK) MPACUK call upon British prime minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party to demonstrate a firm…
Today – Monday 22 July – is the final day to respond to the previous Tory government’s controversial consultation on key disability benefit reforms. This included the Conservative-led Department for…
Back in the bad old days before the Labour Party government, the Tories were widely criticised for their ‘hostile environment’ policy. The criticism wasn’t just that the Tories were targeting…