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The Tories have just launched a major attack on workers and the poor
The government is using its own inept mishandling of the pandemic to further wreck our society for political ends — doubling down on austerity by passing the costs of Covid-19 onto ordinary people, writes DIANE ABBOTT
The Tories also intend that it will be ordinary workers who will pick up the tab for their own failings
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THIS government has allowed the deaths of tens of thousands of our own citizens and its complete failure to handle the pandemic has also led to an unprecedented economic slump.
What we have seen this week is that the Tories also intend that it will be ordinary workers and the poor who will pick up the tab for their own failings.
Following on from the austerity of the Tory-led coalition, whose key measures have never been undone, we are now faced with another reduction in pay, cuts to public services and cuts to pensions.
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