How can we claim to be human while our countries still support and defend the massacres in Palestine, asks HUGH LANNING
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Disabled people pay the price of the political crisis in Northern Ireland
Political squabbles over the Protocol or Windsor Framework should not take precedence over the rights of disabled people, whose lives are suffering amid austerity and political neglect, says ELLEN CLIFFORD
Stalemate at Stormont has left disabled people without support
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
This year will see a new north-east commemoration – in Sunderland – where all are welcome to join us in tribute to those who died defending democracy in the Spanish civil war, says TONY FOX
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT delve into the technicalities of famine classification to reveal a worldview in tatters
Westminster has been forced to pay out millions over a fire started by a soldier in 2021, opening a new chapter in accountability, writes NICHOLAS KOMU
NORTHERN IRELAND remains in the midst of a severe political, economic and public finance crisis driven by the ongoing neglect of the Conservative government which continues to fail in its obligations as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.
Northern Ireland is currently experiencing austerity on overdrive. The Conservative government has failed to adequately fund public services in Northern Ireland resulting in a shortfall of £0.8 billion.
As a result, unelected civil servants are progressing an extreme cuts programme which is shredding public services at an alarming rate with a severe and disproportionate impact on disabled people.
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