By John Pickard For working class families in the past, the pawnbroker was the equivalent of the pay-day money-lender, except on more favourable terms. The
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By Maggie Fenwick, former UNISON health branch secretary A recent TUC report, called Austerity and the Pandemic, highlighted the complete lack of preparedness of the
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Northern Ireland: Labour leaders creating illusions
Letter from Harry Hutchinson, Labour Party Northern Ireland Both former and present Labour Party leaders have plunged themselves into the divided issue of Irish Unity
By Michael Roberts In the second quarter of this year, the UK economy grew by a ‘staggering’ 0.2% in real GDP. The media and government
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TV review: electric cars and the ‘market’
By Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member. There is a very good new BBC series on the issues around ‘zero-carbon’ and the first, on
By Deborah Harrington Labour’s Mission driven government: building an NHS fit for the future outlines precisely the kind of population health management approach which is
By John Pickard Two stories in the Belfast Telegraph this week underline the baleful effect of sectarian politics on the living standards of working class
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Editorial: Five things to note from this week
A number of recent events give some insight into likely developments in the Tory Party and the Labour Party. By-elections always have a smaller turnout
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member I must confess, the Ashes series (women and men) and Wimbledon have acted as a distraction
By John Pickard Since the end of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Loyalist paramilitaries that had been active have not disarmed, but have largely
