The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT
A golden opportunity to lift thousands of kids out of poverty
The Labour government must rescind the two-child benefit cap or risk irreparable damage to its legacy, writes TOMMY KANE
LOUD AND CLEAR: A group of mothers on a five-day hunger strike, which began on Mother's Day, March 13 2024, outside the Houses of Parliament in London, demanding decisive government action on food poverty and the climate crisis
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CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
MAT COWARD recommends a crop that keeps growing well under drought conditions
Cypriot lawyer and former central committee member of the Progressive Working People’s Party (Akel) TOUMAZOS TSIELEPIS discusses the case for expelling the British military from Cyprus
US aggression has plunged us into an energy price crisis that will spark steep inflation across the board — and the shock will be much worse than in the 1970s, warns MICHAEL BURKE
THIS coming Wednesday Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer have the chance to lift over half a million British children out of poverty by scrapping the two-child limit.
If this Labour government really wants to deliver change, then urgently addressing child poverty must surely be a priority.
No review is needed about whether scrapping the two-child limit will help rescue child poverty, and no more consultations are required for us to understand whether the lives of children currently mired in a daily grind of survival will be improved if Labour abolishes this “morally odious” policy.
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