Fire Cuts Kill

- 10,000 firefighter jobs cut - Assault on professional standards...

posted by Morning Star in Britain

Benefit sanctions blasted in scathing watchdog report

by Felicity Collier

THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “has no clue” about the effects of stopping people’s benefits, Civil Service union PCS said...

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Corporate reforms labelled ‘tokenism’

Labour questions whether plans would have saved BHS jobs...

posted by Lamiat Sabin in Britain

Latin leaders slam Trump’s ‘ignorant’ rant

Trump criticised for calling Fidel a ‘dictator’ ...

posted by James Tweedie in World

South Korea: Justice minister takes hit for corruption-tainted Park

SOUTH Korea’s justice minister has fallen on his sword in a bid to save scandal-ridden President Park Geun Hye from impeachment.

Ms Park accepted Kim Hyun Woong’s resignation...

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Syria: Troops retake 40% of rebel-held Aleppo

REBEL fighters in Syria’s eastern Aleppo faced total collapse yesterday after troops captured nearly half the area they occupied, putting large swathes of the northern part of the city under...

posted by James Tweedie in World

Recycled propaganda

HUMAN rights activists should welcome Syrian army advances in Aleppo, liberating 40 per cent of territory held there by jihadist forces and helping civilians to safety. Victory for President Bashar...

posted by Morning Star in Editorial

We stand with Cuba

“TODAY is a sad day, but at the same time not a sad day as Fidel’s legacy and spirit lives on,” Bolivia’s ambassador to Britain Roberto Calzadilla told the Adelante...

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Elite plot an EU stitch-up

ANYONE wondering why the public stock of politicians is so low in Britain could begin by juggling the names John Major, Tony Blair, George Osborne and Nick Clegg.

Major, the man who...

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Historians and the world of post-truth

KEITH FLETT writes on the paramount importance of remembering and how a long-running magazine’s links with working-class historical research has aided the fight ...

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Sisters ready to take on the challenges confronting women today

ANN HENDERSON reports from the 89th STUC annual women’s conference...

posted by Morning Star in Features

Warping justice by neither confirming nor denying

DAVE SMITH writes on the kafkaesque situation of Lord Justice Pitchford’s Undercover Police Inquiry and the Met’s despicable delay tactics preventing justice for the victims...

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Cricket: Under-fire England ignore joker Kohli

Bairstow: Visitors must press on despite worsening pitch...

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Sviatchenko senses special period for Celtic

Celtic defender Erik Sviatchenko boldly claimed yesterday that they are building towards a special period in the club’s history.

The Dane helped Celtic win their 100th major trophy...

posted by Morning Star in Sport

Rugby Union: Daly accepts three-week suspension

Elliot Daly was handed a three-week ban yesterday for tackling Leonardo Senatore in the air in England’s 27-14 win over Argentina.

Wasps utility back Daly was sent off in the fifth...

posted by Morning Star in Sport

The Dickens of a time

LYNNE WALSH looks forward to a new production of A Christmas Carol which touches on its origins as a polemic against the 19th-century Poor Laws ...

posted by Morning Star in Arts

Slapstick and sparkle make this Aladdin update great family fun

Aladdin
Lyric Hammersmith
London W6
4/5

TAKING my four-year-old to this contemporary reworking of the old...

posted by Morning Star in Arts

Devilishly engaging tour through literary London

My Favourite London Devils
by Iain Sinclair
(Tangerine Press, £10)

IN MY favourite London Devils, Iain Sinclair takes the...

posted by Morning Star in Arts