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Morning Star editor Ben Chacko’s report to the 2021 People’s Press Printing Society’s annual general meeting

WHAT a changed world it seems since my last editor’s report to an AGM in May-June 2019.

Britain has been struck by tragedy, as we have been one of the worst affected countries by the Covid pandemic.

Millions have lost loved ones to Covid-19 including our own newspaper which lost a cherished member of staff in arts and books editor Cliff Cocker towards the end of August.

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