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Landlord Forced to Cut Rent by £210 After Demanding £17 Increase
A corporate landlord’s attempt to raise rent by £17.92 a month has backfired spectacularly after a tribunal forced the firm to instead charge its tenant £210 less. London-based buy-to-rent firm Get Living was ordered to cut the monthly charge from £2,560 to £2,350 in August…
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135: I’ve Lost My Confidence! How Can I Make Friends and Keep Them?
Moya has been feeling anxious about her social life and wonders if there’s a better way to make friends – and keep them. Plus: advice for an international special one who feels directionless and disappointed. Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.
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AIPAC’s Democrat Loses It Over Abdul El-Sayed
Democrat Haley Stevens has endorsed a Republican candidate over Abdul El-Sayed in the upcoming US midterms. Plus: Former Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay takes to the airwaves to complain about the party’s left flank, Shabana Mahmood announces new immigration rules, and Andy…
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NHS Claims Palantir’s Tech Helps Hospitals That Are Not Even Using It
The NHS claimed dozens of hospitals had benefited from a platform built by spytech firm Palantir despite the hospitals not even using it, an investigation has found. Medical charity Medact revealed that 29 NHS Trusts supposedly “realising benefits” from the AI-powered federated…
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Labour Ends Power-Sharing With Green Councils Over ‘Zionism Is Racism’ Policy
Labour has pulled out of power-sharing coalitions with the Green party in 11 councils after party members voted to adopt a policy designating Zionism as a form of racism. Green party members voted to adopt the policy at the party’s annual conference on 4 October. Prime minister…
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Activists Destroy Military Equipment at ‘Death Factory Supplying Israel’
Activists opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza broke into a factory in Tring, Hertfordshire, on Monday morning, before smashing equipment there with hammers. Three members of the group People Against Genocide (PAG) were arrested after the break-in at the facility, which is owned…
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We’re All in the Dock at the Supreme Court With Palestine Action
We’ve seen our civil and legal liberties dismantled at breakneck speed over the last 15 months. This week, Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori reaches her last legal opportunity on British soil to overturn the Labour government’s absurd ban of the group under the Terrorism…
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Boots Riley: Watch My Movie Then Go on Strike
You’ve probably heard of Boots Riley’s work – Sorry To Bother You starring LaKeith Stanfield was a surprise hit, and his series I’m A Virgo got picked up by Amazon Prime. But the Oakland-raised rapper-turned-director doesn’t just want you to leave the cinema having had a good…
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How Does Confidence Affect the Economy?
In this Trip episode, Jem, Nadia and Keir place their weird-left lens over the concept of confidence. Is positive thinking the key to success? Do confident people feel like imposters on the inside? How does confidence shape the economy? This conversation includes ideas from…
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Met Police Hire Bus to Help With Mass Arrest of Elderly People Holding Signs
Police hired a private bus to help cart away scores of peaceful protesters defying the ban on Palestine Action outside the US embassy in London on Saturday. Around 400 people – many of them elderly – held signs expressing support for the proscribed group at the rally, which…
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How China Defied the End of History
Through the 1990s and the 2000s, the West told itself a story: let China get rich, and it’ll become like us. But then China got rich – and it become less and less like the West. Kaiser Kuo – host of the Sinica Podcast, former Baidu executive, and founding guitarist of China’s…
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Climate Academic Andreas Malm Barred From Entering UK
We have an exclusive interview with Swedish academic Andreas Malm, the latest victim of the UK Government’s clampdown on freedom of expression. Plus: Burnham claims he had wished for a more radical budget, hopes and fears of a tech stock crash are raised after a rocky week in…
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Police Threaten to Arrest Anyone Helping Protesters at Palestine Action Demo
The Metropolitan police has said it will arrest anyone providing “logistical support” to those protesting the Palestine Action ban in London on Saturday. This means people could be arrested for bringing water to elderly and disabled people holding placards, organisers Defend Our…
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‘Major Opportunity’ for UK Unions to Recruit Workers As New Rules Take Effect
Trade unions could see a boost in membership due to new workplace rights that come into force today. As of 30 October, union representatives have the right to request in-person or digital access to workplaces where at least 21 people are employed – even if the union isn’t…
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The Andreas Malm Ban Shows How to Blow Up a Democracy
Andreas Malm – the climate scholar and journalist, based in Sweden – has been barred from entering the UK. The Home Office has offered little justification for its reasoning, beyond a claim that Malm’s presence “is not considered to be conducive to the public good”. The author…
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Home Office Bans Pro-Palestine Author Andreas Malm From Entering UK
The Home Office has banned Swedish author Andreas Malm from entering the UK, saying his presence in the country “is not considered to be conducive to the public good”. Malm – a climate academic and the author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline – was due to speak alongside a co-founder…
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Labour Vs the Youth
As Healey vows to get “tough” on unemployed young people, we look at what Labour could do to help them instead. Plus: A guide to some of the battles progressives are looking to win in the upcoming US midterms, the Scottish and English MPs blocked from entering the West Bank…
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Israel Tries to Poach UK Doctors to Work on Illegally Occupied Land
An Israeli government agency is encouraging doctors in London to emigrate to Israel and the occupied West Bank to compensate for a domestic brain drain amid the ongoing genocide and increased restrictions on the number of Palestinian doctors in its healthcare system. A medical…
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France Sends Arms to Israel Despite Claiming Not To, Report Finds
The French government has launched an investigation after it was accused of breaching its own pledge not to sell arms to Israel. The revelations, first reported by French leftwing news website L’Humanitie, call into question French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2024 claims that…