Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

27 January 2021

Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

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20 January 2021

Teachers: On the front line, in their own words

I've been working from home this lockdown, looking after the virtual classrooms. Some of our pupils struggle to access the work from home, as their parents need to work too. And some have a lot of illness

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28 October 2020

Waltham Forest Save Our Square:

Mass outside meeting draws up battle plan: A breath of fresh air. After being huddled over a computer in endless Zoom discussions for nine months, it was great to be outside again in the town square, doing what the Socialist Party has been doing

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21 October 2020

Tories reduce winter homeless funding: reverse the cuts,use the empty homes!

The government announced £12 million of additional cold winter funding to support rough sleepers on 13 October. This will be nowhere near enough.

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7 October 2020

Fight for jobs and homes for all - defend the right to asylum

The Tory government has discussed measures to transfer asylum seekers to processing centres in various offshore destinations - including Moldova, Morocco, or even as far as Papua New Guinea or Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, press leaks have shown.

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7 October 2020

Say no to finance capital-backed luxury tower block in Enfield

A 29-storey residential skyscraper which fails to meet 'affordable housing' targets has been approved in the outer London borough of Enfield, in the teeth of protests from housing campaigners and resident groups

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23 September 2020

Extend eviction ban! Cap rents! Build council homes!

The six-month eviction ban has come to an end. Hundreds of thousands of people could now be threatened with eviction. The Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) participated in a protest in London on 16

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23 September 2020

Liverpool Council must save care homes

Politicians, speaking at the protest to stop the closure of two care homes in Liverpool, made false promises to silence families and lessen anger on 21 September.

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19 August 2020

Tory planning deregulation: a charter for building profitable slums

Under the slogan 'build, build, build', the Tories have announced that the old system of urban planning is to be scrapped

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15 July 2020

TV: Ross Kemp - Living with Forced Out Families

Yet another housing scandal: Homeless people are faced with leaving their local area in order to put a roof over their head

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8 July 2020

Johnson blames care workers for deaths

Boris Johnson has tried to shift the blame for the scandal of mass Covid-19 deaths in care homes.

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8 July 2020

No going back: Nationalise social care!

The anarchy of free-market capitalism has been brutally exposed to millions through its inability to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in the richest countries on the planet.

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24 June 2020

Young people fighting back: Jobs and homes, not racism

What is the Socialist Party fighting for to improve things for young people?

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17 June 2020

Three years on: No justice for Grenfell, no peace from BLM

Three years ago 72 people died in Grenfell Tower, in the richest borough of London, due to profit-over-safety seeking companies

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17 June 2020

Two-metre rule under 'review' - Another case of profit before safety

The Tories all sat in their posh homes behind computers now want to put our lives at risk through the relaxation of the two-metre rule

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17 June 2020

Youth without a future: fight for jobs and homes - fight for socialism!

Millions of working-class and young people are being made to shoulder the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic and a new economic crisis with their jobs, pay and futures

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9 June 2020

Coronavirus pandemic news in brief

"There is no privatisation of the NHS on my watch", said serial bullshitter health secretary Matt Hancock in January

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11 May 2020

Leicester care workers face pay cut and worse conditions

Care home workers in Leicestershire are to be rewarded for their courage and sacrifice during this crisis with a pay cut and worsening conditions of service, writes Heather Rawling, Unison union member (personal capacity).

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6 May 2020

Going viral: Socialist comments and letters on the corona crisis

The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed

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6 May 2020

Homeless left on streets during pandemic

On 29 March, the government told local councils and outreach teams to bring all rough sleepers into accommodation, writes Andrea Gilbert, homelessness worker.

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