As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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Universal credit claimants need extra assistance amid Covid-19
Those who are already struggling under a cruel benefits system must have urgent protections put in place, writes MOLLIE BROWN
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
LIKE many others, over the last few weeks I have watched the growth of the coronavirus, which is now a global pandemic.
I looked on while China, Italy and Spain announced more and more cases and saw the death toll rising, hoping that once it hit Britain we would be ready to gain some sort of control over it.
This period of hope has now passed — we are in the midst of a global pandemic.
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