“The British policy on immigration is the most harsh of our lifetimes”
In this interview with Peoples Dispatch, Edward Anderson of Northumbria University, UK, delves into the recent ousting of former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
Suella Braverman ousted from office, but threat of far-right still remains
Braverman made unsubstantiated claims about the police going “soft” on pro-Palestine protests and accused protesters of having links to illegal groups
Decades of austerity leave school and hospital buildings crumbling in the UK
The Department for Education ordered over a hundred schools to be fully or partially closed due to the imminent danger of collapse of roofs, ceilings and other parts of the buildings where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been used
Progressives in the UK protest Tory government’s anti-refugee policies
The notorious Illegal Migration Bill pushed by the Tories was passed by the UK parliament and received royal assent on July 20. It has been fiercely opposed by a activist groups and leftist forces
Ukraine war takes toll on UK politics
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that he will be leaving the cabinet and quitting politics is much more than about himself or British politics. It is likely that US President Joe Biden’s vetoing of his candidacy for the post of the next secretary-general of the NATO played a significant part
UK government’s long-term health workforce plan fails to address existing grievances
Rishi Sunak’s government has announced a ‘historic’ plan to build health workforce over the next 15 years, but health workers’ organizations say it fails to address the grievances that have been raised by health workers
London Court of Appeal rules against UK deal to relocate illegal immigrants to Rwanda
The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership signed in April 2022 to relocate illegal immigrants to Rwanda for processing their asylum and resettlement had sparked an international outcry
UK government criticized for pushing inhumane policies to keep refugees at sea
As part of the anti-refugee ‘stop the boat’ policy of the Tory government, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing plans to house asylum seekers in barges in UK ports
Anti-monarchists and Republicans in the UK protest coronation of Charles III
As the UK struggles with a severe cost of living crisis and workers struggle for pay hikes, the decision to hold an elaborate and expensive coronation ceremony has been widely criticized. 51% of the respondents in a poll conducted in April by YouGov said that the coronation ceremony should not be a state-funded event
NHS workers undeterred by government attempts to stop strikes
Nurses, ambulance workers, and other health workers in England continue to plan for industrial action escalation as government looks for way to stop strikes without improving working conditions
British health workers to intensify protests against meager pay hikes offered by government
Dismayed by the below-inflation pay offers by the Tory government, health workers affiliated to Unite the Union and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have announced strikes for the end of April and the first week of May
UK fights back against racist immigration bill
We report from the rally in Glasgow, Scotland where more than 3000 people marched against the Tory government’s Illegal Migration Bill.
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- Censorship of pro-Palestine content on social media continues
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- Nearly the entire US House of Representatives just equated anti-Zionist to anti-semitism
- Community organizations in the UK step up solidarity with Palestine by blockading arms supply companies
