A lively, super-confident Charlotte Church sits in front of me at the end of a series of grinding press interviews.
Hers is not just a face borrowed to front the anti-austerity movement, Charlotte knows the ins and outs and speaks with the passion and the conviction of a veteran.
I know she comes from a working-class Welsh community, but I am keen to learn what awoke her recent anger, leading her to speak at a series of protests including the upcoming June 20 March Against Austerity.
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
We are experiencing a wave of organised, often deadly violence targeting migrants from other parts of Africa — but the poorest South Africans reject this hatred, staying true to the spirit of Ubuntu and Pan-African unity, reports NIGEL BRANKEN



