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Let’s push for investment in welfare not warfare
We need to make the case against a Tory military spending spree and for investment to tackle the real threats our communities face, argues RICHARD BURGON MP

OUR communities are being hit by the worst crisis in decades.

Britain has had one of the highest Covid-19 death rates in the world — over 60,000 people have died so far, according to the official figures.

Our National Health Service is stretched to breaking point, many public services are close to collapse, unemployment is rising and there’s a looming economic catastrophe.

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