The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Get the vulture capitalists out of social care
JON TRICKETT says the government's social care solutions punish the poorest
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Public libraries are sanctuaries which facilitate the exploration of the universe of ideas for free for those curious enough. ROGER McKENZIE advocates their protection against authoritarian incursions, US style
Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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
WHEN Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, he stood on the steps of Downing Street and announced that he had prepared a plan to “fix the social care crisis once and for all.”
After waiting 775 days we are finally about to see it. Though it is not what many had hoped for, least of all Conservative Party MPs. Tory backbenchers are in uproar over reports that the Prime Minister plans to raise national insurance to pay for increased funding for social care.
This would clearly break the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto commitment not to raise taxes. That is the pledge every Tory election candidate made to the British people. Now many of them are worried about the consequences of Boris’s betrayal.
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