In May the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that Thurrock Council's debt dwarfs their annual budget of £220 million. The Tory-run administration borrowed and invested more than £1 billion, from…
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Mick Hall argues Jeremy Corbyn's suspension is the result of a sustained smear campaign by the Labour Right and a notoriously hostile press. From the beginning, it has been a…
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Tory MPs Jackie Doyle-Price and Stephen Metcalfe voted against the extension of free school meals to 4,512 Thurrock children during the holidays. Britain is a wealthy country, but a third…
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A year ago today, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese people —29 men, 2 boys, and 8 women—were found in the trailer of an refrigerator lorry in Thurrock. Victims of people smugglers, Dara O…
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Mick Hall argues the Monarchy and the House of Lords are relics of feudalism and should be abolished. Their existence is undemocratic and they are used to justify the growing…
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This article originally appeared on Red Flag. As Black History Month commences, it is appropriate to reflect on the persistent need for systemic changes to our education system to ensure…
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Jeremy Corbyn set out a course for Labour opposing decades long austerity and militarism, but met stringent opposition from both the establishment and his own Parliamentary Labour Party. Mick Hall…
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Mick Hall decries the Tories' test-and-trace system where private companies take the money and the public takes the hit. And he asks - where was the Labour opposition while this…
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Following a weekend of localised protests and growing rancour online, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson caved in on the exam results controversy in a humiliating U-turn to give students their…
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Mick Hall is a veteran socialist and lifelong resident of Thurrock. After the 2017 election result, the ruling classes having realised Corbyn's Labour posed a real threat to their power…
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