Free school meals, Channel crossings and a crucial report in the Covid crisis
The free school meal row is rumbling on, as one Tory council leader has advised parents who struggle to feed…
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How Labour policy will be shaped by Doreen Lawrence’s work on racism
The review that Keir Starmer commissioned from Baroness Doreen Lawrence back in April has been released today. Exploring…
Labour not giving up as thousands rally behind free school meals campaign
It has been a busy weekend for Marcus Rashford, whose call to action has seen thousands from across…
Minimum rage: Why a wage floor is a key demand ahead of Labour’s next fight
Things are not going well for Boris Johnson. When not voting against free school meals, the government spent this…
Tories refute “scum” claim by opposing Covid support and free school meals
Conservative MPs dutifully, or worse enthusiastically, traipsed into the voting lobbies yesterday to reject a “fair deal” for…
Why Andy Burnham is right to say this fight is not over
The coronavirus crisis has always been intensely political, but it has only recently become intensely party political. With…
A short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock on the Covid crisis
“A short, sharp, shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and buy us more time.”…
Local lockdown talks continue as UK heads for ‘bigger-than-80s’ challenge
The government is pushing on with its messy local lockdown plan, insisting that the national ‘circuit break’ idea…
What can the CHIS vote tell us about Labour under Starmer?
The third reading of the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill divided the Labour left in parliament…
Government imposes further Covid restrictions on local areas “by imposition, not consent”
We might have assumed that this week would be dominated by Brexit news, as Boris Johnson did set…
