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Forty minutes before midnight on Wednesday, Jacob Zuma’s motorcade sped out of his mansion to hand himself into custody. It is the latest step downwards for the former South African president.

A sharp rise in the number of patients with coronavirus being admitted to hospital is already causing chaos in the NHS. And far worse could be coming as the Tories lift all virus restrictions.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller campaigners launched a summer of discontent with a rally outside parliament on Wednesday.

The People Before Profit group launched an updated Covid emergency programme to defend workers rights—and a call to action—in an online rally on Tuesday.

The Unite union has suspended strikes by catering staff working for outsourcer Serco at the Royal London Hospital.

Boris Johnson knows that Covid-19 cases are going to soar. Regardless, he has signalled the end of all ­lockdown restrictions.

Remember when the left was against nationalism and flags?

The Tories are ramming home a multi-pronged assault on basic rights.

New research from the right wing Institute of Economic Affairs shows 67 percent of young people are rejecting capitalism in favour of socialism.

Woolwich Ferry workers in south east London kicked off their escalated strikes last week after bosses victimised a second union rep

Teachers at Tring Park school in Hertfordshire have voted 100 percent in favour of a settlement after just two days of strikes

Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of Eswatini—formerly known as Swaziland—is facing a mass revolt.