As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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Northampton County Council goes bust
PETER FROST reports from Northamptonshire, where Tory MPs are blaming the Tory council for the financial collapse of the entire county
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
ALL seven of Northamptonshire’s Tory MPs have released a statement saying they have no faith in the Tory administration of Northampton County Council (NCC).
In response, leader of the council Councillor Heather Smith told BBC Look East that it had warned the government as early as 2013-14 that the level of funding was unsustainable.
The MPs, who include several senior government ministers, said the local Tory administration was to blame, not the government.
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