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Motability Cuts Threaten Disabled Independence and Mobility A statement from Disable People Against the Cuts. DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) and Lincolnshire DPAC unequivocally condemn the Motability Scheme changes announced today, which have stripped the scheme of essential, practical vehicles and are being rolled out alongside a deeply damaging and factually incorrect media narrative. The immediate removal of "premium" and non-UK built brands—including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Lexus—is a devastating blow to the independence and mobility of disabled people.

Motability Cuts Threaten Disabled Independence and Mobility

A statement from Disable People Against the Cuts. DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) and Lincolnshire DPAC unequivocally condemn the Motability Scheme changes announced today, which have stripped the scheme of essential, practical…

Britain 2032. A dystopian state of the nation Ian Hodson looks into the future and makes an assessment of what three years under Reform rule might look like. Foreword: A Nation Rebuilt on Fear When Reform UK swept to power in the 2029 election, taking nearly every English constituency and unexpected gains in Wales and Scotland, supporters declared a new era of pride, sovereignty, and national rebirth.

Britain 2032. A dystopian state of the nation

Ian Hodson looks into the future and makes an assessment of what three years under Reform rule might look like. Foreword: A Nation Rebuilt on Fear When Reform UK swept to power in the 2029 election, taking nearly every English constituency and…

The Wrong Prescription – Why Labour Must Rethink Its Approach To Asylum By Rathi Guhadasan The Socialist Health Association condemns the asylum reforms announced this week by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, which represent a deeply concerning erosion of fundamental health and human rights protections for some of the most vulnerable people in our society. A Betrayal of Health Equity Principles The proposal to make refugee status temporary, subject to regular review every 30 months, and to extend the pathway to settlement from five to twenty years creates a system of prolonged insecurity that is fundamentally incompatible with public health principles.

The Wrong Prescription – Why Labour Must Rethink Its Approach To Asylum

By Rathi Guhadasan The Socialist Health Association condemns the asylum reforms announced this week by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, which represent a deeply concerning erosion of fundamental health and human rights…

The Labour Left Podcast Interview: Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP In the latest edition of the Labour Left Podcast Bryn Griffiths of Labour Hub talks to Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Socialist Campaign Group about fighting racism within Parliament. Bell entered Parliament in 2019 as the Corbyn period drew to a close within the Labour Party. She entered the Parliamentary Labour Party alongside numerous other new excellent socialists such as Nadia Whittome, Apsana Begum, Kim Johnson and Ian Byrne.

The Labour Left Podcast Interview: Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

In the latest edition of the Labour Left Podcast Bryn Griffiths of Labour Hub talks to Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Socialist Campaign Group about fighting racism within Parliament. Bell entered Parliament in 2019 as the Corbyn period drew to a…

Think twice before copying Denmark’s asylum policies A migration researcher based in Denmark explains the downsides of its “zero asylum” policy and returns system.

Think twice before copying Denmark’s asylum policies
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'Horrifying' treatment of Palestinian family-of-seven fleeing Gaza conflict - booted from asylum hotel day after speaking to journalists The Blackpool Lead has exclusively revealed the family was moved the day after speaking with ITV News – with just two hours' notice.

'Horrifying' treatment of Palestinian family-of-seven fleeing Gaza conflict - booted from asylum hotel day after speaking to journalists
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Ecuador Rejects Noboa’s Rightward Turn
Ecuadorians vote against the government’s U.S.-aligned agenda, defending progressive constitutional protections and opposing foreign military bases.
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COP30: UK calls for global ambition at UN talks "ring hollow" | Friends of the Earth The UK accused of the "politics of delay" after blocking action at UN talks in both Belém and Nairobi

COP30: UK calls for global ambition at UN talks "ring hollow": friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/cop30...

New report suggests refugees could bring major economic benefits "This report provides positive solutions, not divisive decisions which continue to fan the flames of hate."

New report suggests refugees could bring major economic benefits
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European rearmament and the drive to war Carol Turner previews this Saturday’s upcoming CND Conference. Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced what she says are “the most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times.” Modelled on Danish legislation that is widely regarded as the most oppressive in Europe, her long list of measures includes lengthening the time before which leave to remain can be granted from 5 to 20 years, and making deporting undocumented migrants easier.

European rearmament and the drive to war

Carol Turner previews this Saturday’s upcoming CND Conference. Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced what she says are “the most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times.” Modelled on Danish legislation that is widely regarded as the most…

A majority of voters back a wealth tax, including 82% of Labour voters.

Austerity is a political choice. The Government must tax the rich instead.

Outside the Department of Health with WeOwnIt making our message clear - there is no place for PFI in our NHS.

Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary, has spoken of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. This week Shabana Mahmoud, Home Secretary, supported safe & legal routes for refugees. So I’ve tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the government to establish a safe & legal route for Sudan crisis.

Right to Food UK Commission launched The Right To Food UK Commission, announced in September 2025, was launched in Parliament this week. It will interrogate and report on the scale of food poverty and hunger in the UK today. The scale of food insecurity in Britain today is shocking. Some 14 million people in the UK – one in five of the population – experience some form of food insecurity.

Right to Food UK Commission launched

The Right To Food UK Commission, announced in September 2025, was launched in Parliament this week. It will interrogate and report on the scale of food poverty and hunger in the UK today. The scale of food insecurity in Britain today is shocking. Some 14…

The Home Secretary’s new immigration plans are divisive and xenophobic.

Scapegoating migrants will not fix our public services or end austerity.

The Government must fundamentally change course. Refugees are welcome here.

Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet

The real cause of deprivation in communities across the UK is not people seeking asylum, but billionaire elites who defend their power by seeking to divide the working class.

Labour MPs must speak out and vote against these changes to asylum policy.

Alf Dubs is right. We need more compassion in our politics.

Labour adopting anti-refugee rhetoric risks emboldening Reform to promote even more racist and radical measures against migrant communities.

Government asylum reforms greeted with outrage within Labour “The Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter,” said Nigel Farage. “Well done patriots,” said Tommy Roboinson. Shabana Mahmood’s proposed reforms to Britain’s immigration rules have drawn fulsome support from some obnoxious quarters – and outrage from Labour MPs and progressives. There is so much wrong with the new regime proposed for refugees that it is difficult to know where to begin.

Government asylum reforms greeted with outrage within Labour

“The Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter,” said Nigel Farage. “Well done patriots,” said Tommy Roboinson. Shabana Mahmood’s proposed reforms to Britain’s immigration rules have drawn fulsome support from some obnoxious quarters…

Thank you Glyn.

Urge Ed Miliband to unblock UN climate talks Plans to protect people and the environment are on a knife edge at the UN climate talks. The UK government must act now to back a fairer, more just future before it’s too late. The climate crisis is r...

URGENT: Plans to protect people & environment are on a knife-edge at the UN climate talks.

Tell Ed Miliband to act now and champion a fairer future, where everyone benefits from the transition away from fossil fuels ✍️ #cop30 foe.uk/upx66

We are throwing vulnerable people under the bus to appease the far right. And it won’t even work - all we are doing is fuelling Reform and normalising cruel, divisive policies. It is truly shameful.

Policies like seizing asylum seekers’ jewellery, making refugees wait 20 years for permanent settlement, and deporting families after they’ve resettled here because their country is “deemed safe” are wrong on every level.

So the solution is… to join in?

I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.

The government should be ashamed that its migration policies are being cheered on by Tommy Robinson and Reform.

Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.

I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.

“No amount of concessions will be enough for the forces of reaction” By Glyn Robbins I don’t usually share this story. But, on the day the Labour government (“a Labour government”) introduces laws that, when I was growing up in multi-ethnic East London, were the preserve of the National Front, I feel compelled. In late 2010, I was asked (via the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign) if I knew of anyone with a spare room for a Syrian asylum seeker who was homeless and sleeping on the floor of a Brick Lane restaurant.

“No amount of concessions will be enough for the forces of reaction”

By Glyn Robbins I don’t usually share this story. But, on the day the Labour government (“a Labour government”) introduces laws that, when I was growing up in multi-ethnic East London, were the preserve of the National Front, I…

There should be no tax breaks in the budget for profiteering UK energy companies By End Fuel Poverty Coalition Energy giants have pocketed over £125 billion in profits on their UK operations since the energy crisis started according to an analysis of company reports. Around £40bn has been taken in profit in the UK by just 27 energy firms in the last two years, yet there are continued calls from energy industry lobbyists to…

There should be no tax breaks in the budget for profiteering UK energy companies

By End Fuel Poverty Coalition Energy giants have pocketed over £125 billion in profits on their UK operations since the energy crisis started according to an analysis of company reports. Around £40bn has been taken in…

That’s why “blue Labour” is doomed and was doomed from the start: you cannot make water run uphill. A party whose core electorate for over a decade has been socially liberal university graduates and ethnic minorities cannot sell itself as a party hostile to socially liberal values.

Labour can never be the party of those who reject the asylum principle. Hardline immigration conservatism is owned by the right. Low trust radical right voters will never believe an approach like this because they know it runs against grain of the party’s core electorate and history - so will fail

This dynamic, like the similar bait and switch we have seen on fiscal policy this week is worse than useless - it reinforces belief among naturally Lab leaning progressives that this iteration of the party is a hostile environment to their values. But it substitutes nothing else.