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Gurinder Singh Josan failed to respond to questions about issues during last NEC election Labour’s ‘disputes panel’ of National Executive Committee (NEC) members is a key step in the party’s disciplinary processes, with the power to suspend and even expel … Continue reading →

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-nhs-privatise-covid-b1790226.html I’m a junior doctor, it’s clear to me the Conservatives just voted to end the NHS | The Independent

Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is meeting today and on the agenda is the election of officers to key NEC subcommittees. According to Labour sources, Angela Rayner has just voted against the left’s Howard Beckett as the vice-chair of the … Continue reading →

NEC chair and Disputes subcommittee chair are MPs as right moves to weaken member representation still further The Labour right has mounted a take-over during today’s meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee – removing elected representatives of Labour’s membership … Continue reading →

After volunteering to deliver food supplies during lockdown since May, British Gas engineers have been told to accept cuts to their terms and conditions, or they would be “fired then rehired.” The GMB website reports that British Gas engineers have … Continue reading →

Liverpool has this evening become the UK’s first ‘Right To Food’ city after a motion was unanimouslypassed by Liverpool City Council calling for the ‘Right To Food’ to be incorporated into the Government’s‘National Food Strategy’ and subsequently to become law. … Continue reading →

This 20 January 2020 video is called US deaths from COVID-19 surpass 400,000 as Trump leaves office. U.S. HITS 400,000 COVID-19 DEATHS IN RECORD TIME 400,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19. That’s more than 1 in 1,000 Americans dead from … Continue reading →

Liverpool councillors are about to vote to make the city the first in the UK to formally back a demand by anti-poverty campaigners for the government to put a universal right to food into UK law. The campaign is backed … Continue reading →

Rail union RMT has paid tribute to the ‘army of staff’ who have battled to keep services running overnight in ‘appalling conditions’ – and has repeated the call for the Government to ensure that the transport workforce are clearly identified … Continue reading →

Rachel Riley’s libel case against me has taken another twist after a High Court judge decided to strike out all of my defence. I now have to take the case to the Court of Appeal, which will cost a considerable … Continue reading →