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6/28/2020: Front Page: Jobless total to hit 1980s levels without fresh state support Unemployment in Britain could soar to levels not seen since the 1980s unless ministers boost support for businesses struggling because of the lockdown, Labour warns today as the main parties join battle over how to rescue the economy from the wreckage... 6/28/2020: Front Page: Russia ‘offered bounty to kill UK soldiers’ The Russian intelligence unit behind the attempted murder in Salisbury of the former double agent Sergei Skripal secretly offered to pay Taliban-linked fighters to kill British and American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to US reports. The... 6/28/2020: Front Page: Coronavirus 10 pages of news 6/28/2020: News: Nandy urges ban on imports of West Bank goods The UK must ban the import of goods from illegal settlements in the West Bank if the Israeli government presses ahead with annexation plans this week, Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, has said. The move would require “courage that so far... 6/28/2020: News: Watchdog ‘is failing problem gamblers’ The government and the gambling watchdog have an “unacceptably weak understanding” about the harmful effects of gambling and how to tackle them, a parliamentary committee has warned. A report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee offers... 6/28/2020: News: Storm over Israel annexation plan grows Storm over Israel annexation plan grows World, 6/28/2020: News: It’s time the art world ditched the term ‘old master’, says Tate director Towering figures of the art world, a Vermeer or a Rembrandt, are ranked above others for the powerful images they painted and their delicate understanding of materials. In recognition of these skills such revered men, many of them Dutch, are known as... 6/28/2020: News: ‘What we have learned is that if you pick a fight with Starmer you will lose’ It is often said that new political leaders have defining moments when they show their steel and stamp authority on their parties. Neil Kinnock’s epic confrontations with the Militant tendency in the 1980s were seen as the battles that won him his... 6/28/2020: News: Ruth Smeeth CEO of Index on Censorship and the former parliamentary chair of the Jewish Labour Movement And breathe – the horrendous saga of Labour antisemitism might soon be over. It was a moment of huge personal relief on Thursday when Keir Starmer acted... 6/28/2020: News: Jon Trickett Former shadow cabinet member under Jeremy Corbyn The sacking of a shadow minister will not decisively change the Labour movement. Nor can a purge kill an idea. Democratic socialism will continue to be our inspiration. This is because our country... 6/28/2020: News: Starmer’s sacking of Long-Bailey was vital to show that Labour is changing Starmer’s sacking of Long-Bailey was vital to show that Labour is changing 6/28/2020: News | Coronavirus: Police chiefs fear ‘utter madness’ of lifting lockdown will fuel weekend violence Ministers were warned by senior policing figures on the eve of chaotic scenes at beaches last week that lifting the lockdown is “utter madness” and risks prompting fresh disorder. During a meeting last Wednesday with police and crime commissioners,...

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