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Billionaire Death Cult

From George Monbiot 28th April 2025 This new legislation is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems in living memory. Those…

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Silvertown Tunnel enforcer Heidi Alexander takes over as Transport Secretary – let’s adjust our battle plans

Via Labour Hub December 1, 2024HubMP2012 Silvertown Tunnel enforcer Heidi Alexander takes over as Transport Secretary – let’s adjust our…

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Post-election battlegrounds for climate and social justice

From People and Nature On 4 July, the climate-trashing Tory government will be replaced, as good as certainly by Keir…

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The crises of Welsh agriculture

By Sean Thompson In February, Rishi Sunak was accused of pandering to extremists by both farmers and environmental groups in…

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Government debunked a 15-minute city conspiracy theory… then endorsed it

From Open Democracy Levelling up department’s own guidance contradicts comments by transport secretary Mark Harper at Tory conference Ruby Lott-Lavigna…

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Wales’s new speed limit, fake news and the ‘war on motorists’

Sean Thompson reports: In the UK, more than 80 people a day on average are killed or seriously injured on…

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We need to demand more than reversing Tory climate U-turns

From Labour Outlook We need to demand more than reversing Tory climate U-turns 23rd September 2023 ‘We need labour movement…

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Where next for ecosocialists after Labour Party conference?

Where next for ecosocialists after the Labour Party conference? – A discussion paper The election of Jeremy Corbyn to the…

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More voters annoyed by cars than by traffic calming measures

From Open Democracy A low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in Dulwich, south-east London British voters are more annoyed by cars…

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Learning the (right) lessons from Uxbridge

This piece is from Labour Hub. JULY 21, 2023 Learning (the right) lessons from Uxbridge By Michael Calderbank There’s no…