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LABOUR is backing a Bill today that would block acquisitions of British businesses from hostile takeovers by overseas firms.
The party is supporting the National Security and Investment Bill, which gives the government stronger powers to intervene in instances where foreign acquisitions threaten national security.
But, unlike the Tories, Labour is pushing for a legal definiton of national security, to reflect “modern threats” and to protect British businesses.
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
Just as the Chilcot inquiry eventually exposed government failings over the Iraq war, a full independent investigation into British complicity in Israeli war crimes has become inevitable — despite official obstruction, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP