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11 November 2020
Covid and poverty rising - Welsh lockdown ends with little progress
Wales emerged from a two-week lockdown on 9 November. There is little evidence that the 'firebreak' introduced by the Welsh government had much impact on the spread of the virus.
6 November 2020
Socialists, including Labour MP, spied on by police and security services
Nearly six years after it was set up the Undercover Policing Inquiry has finally begun, albeit in an extremely limited and inadequate way
5 November 2020
Independent Socialist Group interim statement on 2020 US election
Vote counts are too close to call for the Presidential election. Anti-Trump protests began overnight.
4 November 2020
A lockdown that doesn't include education?
Since schools re-opened, virus levels are nine times higher among primary pupils and 50 times higher among secondary pupils
4 November 2020
Our lives, our jobs - not safe in Tory hands
The Tories did a massive U-turn, but are too split and rotten to make it effective in protecting our health and livelihoods.
4 November 2020
Testing is failing - it's a privatised mess
Covid-19 infections are spreading fast because England's 'test and trace' reached only 60% of the contacts of confirmed Covid cases in recent weeks
4 November 2020
Furloughed worker speaks out: Let down by insecure contracts
I was working when lockdown was announced. We turned up the volume on the telly, put the subtitles on and everyone went quiet.
3 November 2020
Corbyn suspended - Time to fight for a new mass workers' party
Keir Starmer is determined to annihilate the last vestiges of 'Corbynism'- as the Socialist Party warned would be the case
29 October 2020
Corbyn suspended:Workers' movement needs a fighting political voice
To win the Labour leadership Keir Starmer tried to dress up in some of Corbyn’s clothes, claiming to want ‘unity’ with all wings of the party. Six months later he's suspended his predecessor from party membership.
28 October 2020
We need union action, not platitudes!
There's a shortfall of over £1 billion in funding for the NHS in England, say officials
28 October 2020
BAME Covid deaths due to capitalist inequality, confirms government
Death rates are up to three times as high for BAME people.
28 October 2020
The coronavirus crisis is raging on. Thousands of children are suffering. And Boris Johnson and Co repulsively chose to snub the meals campaign led by Marcus Rashford.
28 October 2020
Food and a capitalist Brexit: No trust in Tory Deals!
No Tory-negotiated trade deals will defend the interests of the working class. However, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson plays hard ball in the eleventh-hour negotiations on what will replace Britain's
28 October 2020
Don't let Tories starve our kids
Big business got billions - Fight for what we need:
28 October 2020
Tory 'Starve a Kid to Save a Quid' scheme
The 322 Tory MPs who voted against extending free school meals are on base salaries of £81,932 a year - before ministerial bonuses, expenses, and other income.
28 October 2020
Boots launches £120, 12-minute Covid test
One hundred and twenty pounds for a test with Boots. Boots, which is still avoiding millions in tax every year. Boots, which charged the NHS £2,000 per pot of hand cream.
28 October 2020
Grenfell watch: landlord's £800,000 saving
A director of Grenfell Tower's landlord company told the public inquiry he "had forgotten" about a secret meeting with builders discussing how to shave £800,000 off refurb costs
28 October 2020
Mayor and government compete to attack London transport: fight for no cuts!
At the time of writing, Transport for London (TfL) workers - and London passengers and car users - are caught in a war of words between London's Labour mayor and the Tory central government.
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