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
We shall overcome
KATE TAYLOR reports on the Brum Rise Up campaign to secure continuous funding of social services in the wake of the financial collapse of Birmingham City Council
Unison members marching to stop council cuts at Birmingham
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
LAST week, parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in Birmingham were told that their 16-18-year-old children will no longer be able to access supported transport to school or college from September. Instead they will be provided with a bus pass.
Can you imagine sending your vulnerable child with profound needs out alone, on a bus, in a city the size of Birmingham, so they can access education at their specialist school or college?
As a proud Brummie I felt devastated when reading about the extent and brutality of the planned cuts, and it was news like this cut to Send transport that made me realise I needed to do something.
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