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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
‘Sir’ Pickles still dining out on Britain’s housing crisis
As the former communities minister pours himself into a tuxedo to backslap developers, millions are still suffering from his policies, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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
HOW the mighty have fallen: Eric Pickles was a cabinet minister in charge of local government — including the vital housing brief — from 2010 until David Cameron sacked him last May, straight after the election.
Now Pickles is reduced to scrabbling around for the odd £2,000 hosting back-slapping awards ceremonies for property developers.
That’s two grand on top of Pickles’s £67,000 salary (plus expenses) for being MP for Brentwood and Ongar.
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