Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up to a petition demanding an end to the TTIP negotiations in less than a week, fair trade campaigners said yesterday.
More than 520,000 people have now added their names to the European Citizens Initiative’s call for a ban on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
The news came the day after people took to the streets in several cities across Europe to protest against the deals, which threaten the environment, democracy and the rule of law.
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
The wealth of the super-rich grows by £35 million daily while our NHS and schools collapse — that’s why thousands of us will be gathering in London demanding that the billionaires foot the bill for the many crises they have caused, writes TYRONE SCOTT



