Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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It’s called poverty, Mr Blight
A short piece by TALLULAH COULTHARD, aged 10, about life as a child on universal credit
Tallulah Coulthard knows what it's like to have to use a foodbank
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
GOOD morning everyone, how are you feeling, said the headmaster, Mr Blight, as he walked into the assembly room.
Out of 10, how is your day so far? The crowd grumbled, a child put their hand up followed by a couple of more children.
The first child said: “When I woke up I was hungry, starving in fact because I have had no tea or breakfast for the last one-and-a-half weeks. My mum is poor and can’t pay the fees for school dinners nor packed lunches so I have to go to this place called a foodbank.
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