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Stephen Flynn praised for perfect takedown of Liz Truss’s legacy

https://leftfootforward.org/2024/04/stephen-flynn-praised-for-perfect-takedown-of-liz-trusss-legacy/

‘The public are fed up of Liz Truss. She destroyed many of the hopes and aspirations of a generation’

Stephen Flynn MP has been praised online after laying into the legacy of Liz Truss following her stint as Prime Minister and offered her some sound advice. 

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has spent the week promoting her new book and attempting to deflect from the economic damage caused in the aftermath of her and Kwasi Kwarteng’s infamous mini-budget two years ago. 

However the real-life effects of her disastrous, unfunded tax cuts were laid out by the Scottish National Party Westminster leader, who was commended for his sharp takedown of her time in and after Downing Street. 

Asked on ITV’s Peston show this week where he would put the balance of responsibility for the fiscal crisis caused by the mini-budget, Flynn laid into the Tory Party and Liz Truss’s legacy. 

During the interview on Wednesday, Flynn said: “It’s on the Conservative party’s doorstep because it was the Conservative party as an entirety that put Liz Truss in the position where she was able to do the damage that she did.”

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Caroline Lucas tables Early Day Motion calling for rent controls in England

Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion

https://leftfootforward.org/2024/04/caroline-lucas-tables-early-day-motion-calling-for-rent-controls-in-england/

An Early Days Motion tabled by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has called on the UK government to establish a national system of rent controls to address the increasingly huge costs of renting in England. 

Eight MPs have signed the motion so far which calls on the government to set up a Living Rent Commission, tasked with consultation on and designing a national rent control system with local flexibility and to provide powers to local councils to control rents in high rent areas.

The motion highlights how tenants in private accommodation in England are forced to pay out more for housing than our European counterparts where rights for renters are stronger, and therefore urges the UK government to follow suit and provide better protection for private renters. 

It comes as rents in the UK are rising at the highest rate in decades, increasing by 9.2% in the 12 months to March 2024 according to the ONS, highlighting the ongoing affordability crisis. 

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Activists stage metal concert to sound of deep sea machinery outside London summit

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/activists-stage-heavy-metal-concert-sound-deep-sea-machinery-outside-london-summit Many articles from the Morning Star featured today.

Ocean Rebellion activists stage a heavy metal concert outside the Deep Sea Mining Summit in London, April 18, 2024 Photo: Guy Reece

CLIMATE activist group Ocean Rebellion staged a heavy metal concert outside the Deep Sea Mining Summit in London’s Canary Wharf on Wednesday.

Recently, the UN International Seabed Authority awarded licences to mine up to 9,000 sq km of deep seabed at a time.

Miners search for mineral chunks in the deep sea known as manganese nodules, which can be used for “green” battery technology among other things.

Activists say the practice strips the seabed of all life, including deep-sea sponges and corals that have taken thousands of years to grow.

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Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining industry with giant octopus

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Doctors protest medical regulator’s inaction on climate

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Doctors and patients protest against the medical regulator’s inaction on climate outside the General Medical Council, London, April 18, 2024

DOCTORS linked to the Planetary Health Coalition demonstrated outside the General Medical Council (GMC) today against its failure to address the devastating impact that climate change has on public health.

In a theatrical protest, health workers queued at a “moral injury unit” to present complaints about their difficulties witnessing the effects of the climate emergency.

Protesters placed a giant red whistle outside the regulatory bodies’ offices, urging the organisation to sound the alarm on the impact of environmental destruction, and to integrate these concerns into its ethical standards.

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Corbyn documentary pulled from Glastonbury now available online

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AFILM about how Jeremy Corbyn was targeted by a co-ordinated campaign to undermine his leadership of the Labour Party with false accusations of anti-semitism is now available online.

Oh Jeremy Corbyn — The Big Lie was due to be screened at last year’s Glastonbury festival but was dropped by organisers after they were hit by an online smear campaign which accused the film itself of anti-semitism.

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Oh Jeremy Corbyn — The Big Lie is available on https://youtu.be/PXvaWz4gpTc.

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