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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

'The battle for Unite' - an article in Socialism Today

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

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.

We need union action, not platitudes!

There's a shortfall of over £1 billion in funding for the NHS in England, say officials

BAME Covid deaths due to capitalist inequality, confirms government

Death rates are up to three times as high for BAME people.

Tories' school meals outrage

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.

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

Don't let Tories starve our kids

Big business got billions - Fight for what we need:

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.

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.

Under the microscope

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

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.