ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
The fight for a fair deal at TGI Friday's – and elsewhere
Unite activist LAUREN TOWNSEND tells Ben Chacko what inspired her to start fighting back

“I WASN’T involved in this world before January. Now I’m very involved.”
This month’s Trades Union Congress saw repeated calls for a transformation of the world of work as ordinary people start to fight back against a broken system.
And few people are fighting back harder than Lauren Townsend.
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