Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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The wrecking ball that is the Tories' benefit reforms
The government is well aware that replacing Incapacity Benefit with the assessment regime of Employment Support Allowance has lead to a mental health crisis and suicide epidemic, writes RUTH HUNT
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
HOUSING Secretary James Brokenshire has at last admitted that some Tory Party policies might be responsible for the rising levels of homelessness.
This carefully caveated statement has come far too late for those already experiencing homelessness. If this were a genuine position of the government, the toxic Universal Credit roll-out in 2019 would be shelved.
For someone with disabilities the constant threat of losing it all is compounded by the many bewildering caps, cuts, assessments, reassessments and tribunals which place an unbearable strain on their mental health.
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