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People take part in a protest against the proposed ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) expansion in Orpington, London, August 19, 2023
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
FOLOWING the Tory win in the Uxbridge by-election last month, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer pressured London Mayor Sadiq Khan to pause the rollout of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to the outer boroughs of the capital city.
In response, over 400 doctors wrote to Khan and Starmer, urging the mayor to stand firm in his commitment to expanding the Ulez, noting “the devastating health consequences of air pollution.”
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
