Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
Stranded by politics: Homelessness and rough sleeping in the time of Covid-19
There is no forgiveness for renters who have struggled to keep up with payments during the pandemic, says JULIAN VIGO
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
“RENT arrears grants as eviction ban ends in Wales” and “Surge in homelessness under way with ending of the evictions ban for renters” — these are just a couple of headlines over the past weeks related to the reality unfolding now that the ban on evictions ended on May 31, just one month before the end of the furlough.
While Wales is rolling out a grant to support tenants with rent arrears as result of loss income due to the pandemic and lockdown, people on housing benefits are not eligible.
This situation speaks to the misrepresentations rife within major media, where, over the past weeks, we have similarly been bombarded with news of an economic boom since March.
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