JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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A break with austerity is needed to tackle the toxic Tory legacy
RICHARD BURGON MP, who voted against the cut to winter fuel allowance, warns against a return to austerity, introducing his ideas that could raise billions to properly fund public services and boost wages instead
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner clap their hands during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Picture date: Sunday September 22, 2024
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
NO-ONE can be in any doubt about the toxic legacy the Tories have left behind. Children going to school hungry. Pensioners cannot afford to heat their homes and take refuge on buses to keep warm. Record NHS waiting lists leaving people without access to life-saving treatments. Our rivers choking with waste.
Living standards have deteriorated, wages have stagnated, public services have been decimated and public trust has been shattered by rampant corruption.
All that and more is why people voted to kick the Tories out at the general election. People are desperate for change.
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