While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
WHILE looking at the newspapers recently, two stories on the brutal economic reality faced by so many in our society appeared in what may be considered to be unlikely places.
The front page of the Daily Express last Tuesday had the headline “Fury as energy bills soar again,” going on to explain that “Millions of families face a ‘devastating’ energy bill hike as critics warned the price cap is fuelling debt and misery.”
The piece went on to discuss “one of the biggest price rises in a decade” and reported that “charities warned millions will have ‘no choice but to suffer in cold and dangerous homes’ while the Big Six energy firms continue to rake in huge profits.”
Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Austerity in a red tie is still austerity, warns RAMONA McCARTNEY of the People’s Assembly – rally with us to demand different choices
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP


