CLAUDIA WEBBE speaks out against the lethal mechanics of Britain’s culture-war press
Thousands of migrants left in the lurch by self-isolation muddle
Under the government’s discriminatory immigration system, it remains unclear whether those with no recourse to public funds will have access to the new Covid emergency payment, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
White Cliffs of Dover in Kent
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
Trade unions and community groups are mobilising to push back against Trump’s racist raids after new revelations of spying on legal protesters. MARK GRUENBERG reports from the US state of Minnesota
The best wildfire service may begin with the community, argues KOMAL RAJ ARYAL
The evolution of the Scottish nationalist leadership into cheerleaders for Nato has led the party to betray its pledges on Palestine and social spending, writes COLL McCAIL
While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
THE government introduced a new £500 emergency payment to help low-paid people who must self-isolate over Covid-19.
But in a sign of both the government’s lack of control and its mixed-up, discriminatory immigration system, ministers admitted they do not know if hundreds of thousands of migrants can apply for the self-isolation payment.
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle pressed the government on this key issue and found that they, quite literally, do not know what they are doing.
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