The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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Defeating the payday loan sharks
A new coalition 'clampdown' on these poverty-profiteers does nothing to curb their usury - but there are ways we can act, says RICHARD LYNCH
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by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
So much for cracking down on payday lenders.
Details of the long-awaited coalition crackdown on payday lenders who make huge profits by exploiting the poor were finally announced at the beginning of this month.
But the proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) do not amount to what most people would consider a crackdown. They have even been welcomed by Wonga, the payday lender in chief.
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