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NEW 🚨 | BME women are twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men.

This is a prime example structural racism in action.

It’s time to ban zero-hours contracts, like in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.

Victor Adebowale, 'I do wonder.. In some countries they have rent controls.. And they don't have a shortage of social housing' #BBCQT Victor Adebowale

'My wife is is a health visitor. She gets a lot of people who have really serious illnesses caused by poor housing conditions.. And I…

Students at University College London staged a protest on Friday, expressing solidarity with Gaza and criticising what they describe as their university's “ties with genocide.” MEE spoke with one of the student organisers and a professor of Latin American Studies regarding the…

This week, a new report was launched by campaign groups on the Bibby Stockholm barge.

Shocking testimonies from people living & working there described the inhumane “prison-like conditions.”

Campaigners are demanding that any new Government not renew its contract. 1/

Join us at the 2024 TUC Black Workers' Conference! We're discussing the critical needs of Black workers ahead of the General Election.
📅 Sat, 27th April | Chaired by Zita Holbourne, @baracuk & Artists'UnionEngland with Lee Jasper Operation Black Vote& Timi Okuwa. @blackequityorg #TUCBWC24

.Sangita Myska, popular LBC broadcaster, has suddenly been removed from the air. Why? Folks want answers. Also: a petition calling for her reinstatement has garnered thousands of signatures.
change.org/p/reinstate-sa…

Not every day you get to vote for someone you’ve known for 30 years to be Mayor of London.

Back the guy who is:
Feeding hungry kids
Cleaning up our air
Building council flats
Being grown about drug laws
Calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

Use all your votes for Labour.

UK government minister Chris Philp is confused as to whether Congo and Rwanda are different countries, on the same day that the #RwandaPlan received royal assent.

#BBCQT

Excl: Jamaica on track to remove King Charles as head of state by 2025, state minister says. Plus, the UK is still being urged to remove visitor visa restrictions for Jamaicans.
independent.co.uk/world/jamaica-…

Great to host campaigners, health professionals & birth practitioners in Parliament today to mark Black Maternal Health Awareness Week.

With growing awareness of the racism that impacts Black mothers, let's keep working to turn this consciousness into better care #BMHAW24

It was an honour to host Justin Hansford in the House of Commons last night for an important conversation about human rights and reparations.

Thank you to everyone who joined Afrikan Reparations APPG for a packed-out discussion about the global reparations movement.

This policy is not going to 'stop the boats' or even start the flights. It is a terrible piece of dog-whistle politics, unworkable, immoral and hopefully found to be in breach of international law.

Why a migrant plane won't be taking off tomorrow
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688414…

Every day the Labour Party refuses to restore the whip to Diane Abbott MP Diane Abbott MP is further proof that the party is institutionally #racist and is failing to address its culture of #anti -black racism. Prove us wrong. #RestoreTheWhip !

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Sign our petition to #RestoreTheWhip to Diane Abbott MP

#BREAKING - Jamaica announces decision to recognise Palestine as a state - becoming 12th CARICOM state to do so; the disclosure was made by Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith moments ago.

CARICOM’s Palestine recognition tally went up to 12 this week from 10 following…

Mass graves have been discovered at Gaza hospital sites vacated by the IDF. Some bodies had their hands bound.

The government withdrew funding from UNRWA on the basis of unconfirmed allegations.

They continue to sell arms to Israel despite the continued atrocities in Palestine.

👇🏾This. Black women in public service should never be treated as 'fair game' for #racists and #misogynists inside and outside The Labour Party. Take a stand and join #IStandWithDiane . Sign our petition to #RestoreTheWhip !
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MP For Streatham Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP on the growing momentum behind the #RestoreTheWhip campaign in support of Diane Abbott MP- you can join more than 12,000 people in signing the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/rest…

🚨 Braverman dropping Windrush measures was unlawful, court told theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…