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The hardest hit: Impact of cuts on the disabled

by Daphne Liddle

THE TUC Disabled Workers’ conference this week heard how the Con-Dem Coalition’s spending cuts are having a devastating impact on the lives of disabled people.

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End the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians

CAMPAINGERS including MPs, trade unionists and public figures assembled in Westminster on Saturday 18th May to protest outside Parliament against the continuing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

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Editorial

Tax avoidance

MARKS & Spencer are the latest high street giant to be accused of serious tax avoidance — along with Starbucks and internet giants Amazon and Google. Nearly every day another well-known company joins the list of those who pay a token amount of tax while raking in billions of pounds from customers in Britain.

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