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In the wake of the recurrent scandals over "sweatshop" conditions in Leicester, the majority of major brands have now abandoned the city, triggering an implosion in production in the place that once boasted that it "clothed the world". news.sky.com/story/sweats...

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NASHVILLE SCENE: “The week after ICE concluded its operation, local lawyers noticed a spike in illegal evictions of Hispanic immigrant families, and the message from landlords to their tenants is clear: If you refuse to leave, we’ll call ICE.” www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...

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A Tory tax on our poorest children that Labour should end. …….#end child poverty

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How ….! news.sky.com/story/how-di...

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It’s not as if they don’t know!!

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Please tell me this isn’t true #NHS #Labour lowdownnhs.info/news/subcos-...

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This is going to hurt …. #Labour #RachelReeves

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Don’t remember voting for this …… #Labour #RachelReeves

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C’mon Angela, welfare support isnt a handout…. words matter #Reeves #Labour #AngelaRayner www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Been helping a some people today to get the help they need and are entitled to ….

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Childish and counterproductive!!! Vinicius: Rodri banner gave me strength | Carra tells City: Have a bit of class

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Victoria Derbyshire shames the Post Office Minister Gareth Thomas #Newsnight VD, "Just pay her" GT, "I'm very happy to meet with her" VD, "Why don't you just pay 100% of her claim?" GT, "I don't know the details of her claim" VD, "She's 92 years old, what if she dies before you pay her 100%?"

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Oh dear … what is going on? #waspi

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The awful killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shocked the US. But the tsunami of anger unleashed against a hated for profit health care system has led the news with a deluge of personal testimonies of horrifying experiences with health insurance corporations truthout.org/articles/beh...

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The wonders of private healthcare.

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Conservative Baroness Catherine Meyer called Lord Dholakia ‘Lord Poppadom’ twice. She might get a 3 week suspension from the Lords. RP if this racist should be kicked out instantly racists shouldn't be making our laws.

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🌟 Great news for UNISON members! UNISON’s Winter Essentials Grant offers £200 vouchers for food shopping. Open for just 24 hours on 11 Dec! Check eligibility now 👉 www.unison.org.uk/winteressentials #ThereForYou #WinterEssentials

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Very sorry to see her go - she was undoubtedly one of the best performers and getting things done … some are saying it’s been on the cards since her comments about P&O !#louisehaigh www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The campaign to restore the winter fuel payment for our poorest pensioners is not over ….. but time is running out. #labour #winterfuelallowance

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Hilarious 😂😂😂

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Listening to Chris Philp shadow Home Secretary this morning …. he really does talk shite about ‘mass immigration’ and putting the over 9 million ‘economically inactive’ here to work in those ‘low paid, low skills’ jobs that nobody wants to do! www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...

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Left: Richard Tice complains about the destruction of the UK car industry Right: That time Patrick Minford told Rory Stewart that Brexit would destroy the UK car industry, "You are going to have to run it down.. It will be in your interest to do it.. These things happen"

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Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right" Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16

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The last government spent almost half a billion pounds subsidising bills at one of Britain’s worst performing water companies over the last decade. At the same time, South West Water’s owners paid its shareholders more than £1.5 billion in dividends. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

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So the CBI is attacking Labour’s budget. Where do they think the money should come from to get NHS waiting lists down, or repair our crumbling schools and roads? And who should pay for the rocketing cost of the in-work benefits needed to subsidise the low wages paid by many CBI companies?

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Apart from a small number of properties in Australia & the US the leasehold system is unique to England & Wales The system originated in the Middle Ages as a way for landowners to generate revenue without losing ownership of their land. Labour is committed to ending it in this Parliament. #Labour

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USA: Union president explains the existential threat Trump poses to organized labor—and how we fight back therealnews.com/union-presid...

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Today's letter in the FT - repost if you agree (please!) shorturl.at/dxFtY

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Well placed sources claim Rachel Reeves is resisting pressure within the Treasury to amend the inheritance tax reforms for farmers. …. are these the same Treasury officials who urged Rachel Reeves to end the winter fuel payment for millions of our poorest pensioners!!!#winterfuelpayment #Labour

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No words ….

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The politics of privilege are what the farmers’ protests are all about www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11...

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It's not saying the Conservative party is running out of things to attack the Government about, but the current complaint is that Rachel Reeves claimed to have won the wrong chess competition when she was 14

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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

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UKHSA warns that cold weather snap could lead to rise in deaths, particularly among the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions i.e. pensioners who have just had their winter fuel payment taken away … Couldn’t make this sh*t up #winterfuelpayment www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2473182...

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It's still not too late to save lives and avert a disaster this winter ......

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Useful summary of latest events in US … open.substack.com/pub/meidasto... open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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More than a million pallets of unusable Covid PPE, costing £8.6 billion, have so far gone up in smoke Billions of pounds were spent on completely unusable protective equipment, with a series of priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...

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