The National Education Union general secretary speaks to Ben Chacko on growing calls to protect children from a toxic online culture
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Tory plans to trim welfare by £12bn will cause untold suffering to millions, says JEREMY CORBYN
While Iranians take to the streets en masse to protest sky-high inflation, Trump and Netanyahu are threatening military intervention. The Iranian population is trapped between a repressive regime, a suffocating economic war from the outside, and a history of dark alliances, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
Unison Scotland’s BRENDA AITCHISON says her union won’t tolerate further cuts to public services
The Danish Communist Party’s Lotte Rortoft-Madsen assesses the fallout from US threats to annex the huge Arctic island
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY
Historically St Stephen’s entrance and the central lobby have seen demonstrations and protests of all kinds going back to the great Chartist petition, the women’s suffrage campaign and countless other just and proper demands where frustrated people come to parliament demanding action.
Yesterday, Disabled People Against the Cuts came and demanded protection of the independent living fund (ILF).
This group has done wonderful work over the past five years, highlighting the way in which cuts in welfare spending have hit everyone — and disproportionately damage the life chances of those with disabilities — either through fit for work tests or schemes such as the ILF.
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The economic value of disability benefits far outweighs their cost, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
Labour is deliberately continuing Tory policies that cost us £38 billion more than they save while driving illness rates higher — despite the evidence that previous sanctions doubled suicide attempts, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE