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Thousands of disability campaigners flocked to city centres around Britain last Saturday as part of the latest Hardest Hit day of action.

Around 70 people rallied in defence of Camberwell Jobcentre on Thursday of last week. They are fighting Tory plans to close the centre—the only one in the local area.

The parliamentary debate on Europe this week brought the rabid right of the Tory party out in force. They were fighting for a referendum on membership of the European Union (EU).

The chair of the Royal College of GPs has laid into the money-grubbing logic behind the latest NHS reforms.

Tory defence secretary Liam Fox managed to hang on for a week over revelations of the extraordinary access he gave to his friend Adam Werritty.

Atlantic Bridge, Liam Fox’s now wound-up "charity", counted top Tories George Osborne, William Hague and Michael Gove among its advisory board.

Adam Werritty gets cash to travel the world from a number of donors. Liam Fox has had a particular interest in Sri Lanka. He has been involved with the Sri Lankan Development Fund, which was wound up in 1999.

Liam Fox resigned as Tory defence minister last week as the reality of corporations’ corrupt influence inside the government was revealed.

The current Tory under-secretary for defence is Gerald Howarth MP.

Some interesting links between Tories and business:

Tory minister Liam Fox’s resignation today, Friday, shows the rotten corruption that runs through the coalition government.

Almost a million women will begin voting in the Unison union’s huge strike ballot this week. They are part of a growing army of women workers who are getting ready to take on the Tories.