Demand better than Tories’ Covid plan a or b

The Tories are risking tens of thousands of lives by refusing to consider any new measures to deal with the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

Johnson’s ‘wage rise’ claims are totally false

Covid report finds deadly failings but lets Tories off the hook

Demand better than Tories’ Covid plan a or b

Protesters hit streets to confront a military coup in Sudan

Huge protests gathered in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and other major cities at the start of this week in response to a military coup.

Sunak prepares budget for the rich and bosses

Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget and three‑year spending review mean continued attacks on working class people.

Pressure for a fightback building in three health workers’ unions

Churchill cleaners unite against bosses

Israel—a state founded on lies has to keep its past hidden

Four Hours at the Capitol—the strange spectacle of the US far right at large

Workers are demanding improved menopause policy

World leaders lobby for fossil fuels before Cop26 summit

An abusive police officer is allowed to keep name secret

A male police officer who harassed a female domestic abuse victim has been granted lifelong anonymity to “protect his welfare”.

Black woman NHS worker stands outside St Thomas hospital with placard saying Stop clapping start paying

NHS in deep crisis as Covid-19 cases allowed to spread unchecked

Health workers say services are already in a 'terrible place', and a cancer nurse describes a service beyond breaking point

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Letters—Tories’ £20 a week cut means that a woman risks her safety

Cop26 conference—‘We’re turning Glasgow into a city in revolt’

Debates at Unite union policy conference point to coming tests for Sharon Graham

The free market right is wrong on inflation

Warning—a film about modern anxieties in a not too distant future

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The free market right is wrong on inflation

The alarm bells about inflation are ringing ever more shrilly across the world economy. Huw Pill, the new chief economist of the Bank of England, predicts that the official British inflation rate will hit five percent early next year.

Israel—a state founded on lies has to keep its past hidden

Deep in Israeli vaults sits evidence of the atrocities that marked the state’s founding. Nick Clark explains why they are buried

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Letters

As chancellor Rishi Sunak was considering his budget I was dealing with a case that should bring home the poverty the Tories should be addressing.

Troublemaker

A male police officer who harassed a female domestic abuse victim has been granted lifelong anonymity to “protect his welfare”.

Background check

Women often feel alone and ignored in their workplaces but now some trade unions are fighting back. Isabel Ringrose talks to workers about what could be done