22 January 2021
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A Labour councillor has resigned from the party in protest at the national leadership’s stance on unions and school closures. Laura Edie who represents part of Dartford, in north Kent, announced…
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The government has sneakily created a loophole in its eviction ban that waters down protections for people who lost their jobs during the pandemic. On Friday the government announced it was extending…
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Dear Comrade Starmer, In LabourList, you are said to describe the events on Capitol Hill as an attack on democracy, and your cabinet friend, Lisa Nandy is quoted as describing…
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Boohoo is selling clothes made by Pakistani factory workers paid only 29p an hour and working in appalling conditions. Workers making clothes for Boohoo at two factories in the city of…
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CUTTING up his Labour Party membership card was just the beginning for a Suffolk Labour ex-councillor who has announced he’ll be standing as an Independent candidate in May’s county council…
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Norwich South MP Clive Lewis silently watched as his local party members were prevented from considering a no confidence motion in the national leadership. Party leader Keir Starmer, and his…
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Starmer’s inquiry into Formby’s official report intended to aid the Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry into anti-semitism – has been postponed for a second time. Formby’s findings about 5th…
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OUT of about 10 possible vaccines four seem to be out in front, each with their own foibles and prices per dose. When you consider the billions of people who…
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Much of the debate surrounding the suspension of former leader Jeremy Corbyn from the UK’s Labour Party has accepted at face value the conclusions of the report which spurred the latest political purge. The Equality and…