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Why we must become a Zero-Hunger country

By Fiona Twycross

Children should not go to school hungry, older people should not be admitted to hospital suffering from malnutrition, parents should not have to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their children. Nobody should go hungry. These…

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Sorry, Boris, your cuts just don’t add up

By Fiona Twycross

This week we have seen the Coalition Government's statistics called into question. The numbers they use to justify their cuts seem to be cover for their ideological preference to cut back the state - leading to claims of 'Lies, damned lies…

If we don’t fight to save emergency services, who will?
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If we don’t fight to save emergency services, who will?

By Fiona Twycross

Heard about the 999 SOS campaign? Probably not before today unless you were unfortunate enough to meet me on a doorstep in the last couple of weeks and ask me what I was working on. However, if you follow any City Hall Labour Group members…

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Either we all live in a decent Britain, or nobody does

By Fiona Twycross

Over the past few months, there has been a steady flow of stories about the rise in the number of foodbanks in Britain. Anyone reading beyond the first line of any of these articles will be aware that a large part of the rise appears to be…

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Cutting edge Ken

By Fiona Twycross

If someone had told me a year ago that Ken Livingstone would be the first politician in the world to announce a policy by text message frankly I wouldn’t have believed them. Neither would I have believed them if they’d told me Ken…

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