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There was a dire, unacceptable food poverty emergency even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Now coronavirus and its economic implications could push one million more families below the poverty line, according to projections from IPPR…
Reports of possible cuts to BBC local news, politics and current affairs programming in England are very concerning. Over the weekend, The Guardian reported that a review was now underway that put question marks over the future of the…
We are just days away from the near certainty of Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister and just a matter of weeks away from a catastrophic no deal cliff edge. Taken together, this represents a critical challenge for progressives – and a big…
There was little surprise in what Marvin Cooke, managing director at Toyota’s Burnaston plant in my region, said at the weekend: without true frictionless trade, just-in-time assembly lines will slow down and put production at risk. Toyota…
Holiday hunger is a national disgrace. It shames our country that kids cannot get a decent meal. This is the grim reality of Tory Britain: pernicious benefit cuts, universal credit, zero hours contracts and precarious employment, foodbanks…
As on so many other things, Theresa May’s record on Brexit and the NHS is one of failure. It's typical of the government’s wider Brexit incompetence: no vision, no grasp of the complexities involved and a dangerous denial about the risks of…
Did you know that the UK, Europe and Canada are threats to the USA’s national security? Of course you didn't, because no one seriously thinks that apart from the current occupant of the White House. Yes, President Trump has decided that the…
The European Union has been the driving force behind many of the social and environmental protections that we hold dear. Labour MEPs have worked over the years to help shape and secure important landmark social and employment rights. As we…
Today is Time to Talk Day – a day where people across the country are encouraged to have conversations about mental health. Even though our mental health is so important, it’s the kind of thing we don’t always find the time to talk about…
I didn’t do Erasmus and I wish I had. Perhaps when I was younger I hadn’t fully appreciated the value of travel or the importance of developing and strengthening our individual and collective international bonds. And that, from my…
When the history books are written there will be many things the current Tory government has done which will be judged as falling well short of what is expected of a decent society. One of their more scandalous and unacceptable imprints on…
The situation facing adult social care has reached the status of national emergency. Some might claim that is alarmist language but evidence clearly shows emergency status has already been reached. Not a week goes by without a major report…
