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Extinction Rebellion protester, 91, tells court he ‘trembles’ for future generations
A 91-year-old man has told a court he deliberately disobeyed police orders during an Extinction Rebellion protest
Gina Miller: tactical voting only way to stop ‘autocratic Tory power grab’ on December 12
In an exclusive interview Miller warns December 12 could be a ‘watershed moment’ for British democracy and explains how tactical voting could decide it.
UK’s most polluted towns raise early death risk ‘by equivalent of 150 cigarettes a year’
The British Heart Foundation said air pollution must be declared “a public health emergency” and 11,000 coronary heart disease and stroke deaths each year in the UK are caused by particulate matter air pollution.
Labour plans free breakfasts for pupils as it vows to ‘poverty proof’ schools
Under its education proposals, the party also plans to recruit 20,000 more teachers and cap primary class sizes at 30.
Labour vows to cap class sizes for all children as headteachers reveal schools ‘at breaking point’
Primary school class sizes would be capped at 30, with a guarantee that every child is taught by a qualified teacher, under plans announced by Labour.
Labour vows to end rough sleeping which has doubled under Tory policies so far
Leader Jeremy Corbyn said just one person sleeping on the streets is ‘one too many’.
Exclusive interview with James O’Brien: ‘Boris Johnson is a cheat’
From a right-wing mouthpiece on TV to a liberal voice on the radio, TLE meets James O’Brien.
More than 9,300 Met police jobs cut since 2010, shocking new figures reveal
The worst of the cuts were inflicted in the Metropolitan Police during Boris Johnson’s term as Mayor of London.
Johnson says we will stop talking about Brexit after January as leak reveals years of wrangling ahead
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said Mr Johnson’s promise to ‘get Brexit done’ is a ‘fraud on the British people’.