THE FIGURE of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the UK has been described by the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) as a “grim milestone”. The MPF pointed out that every person who has died has left behind family and friends who ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has joined the long list of authorities and public figures who have urged members of the public to have the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as the NHS invites them to do so. The Mosque quotes Prophet ...

Deluded but dangerous to the end, Donald Trump is having one last go at destabilising the Middle East – and, therefore, the world – before he leaves office. This comes at a time when the world has never had a ...

NHS USERS and trade union members are warning that the decision by South East London GPs to privatise medical testing may reduce standards. It will also shovel taxpayers’ money into the back pockets of a private sector company – at ...

Tom Zagoria, a member of the Labour Homelessness Campaign, looks at the developing humanitarian crisis among the homeless. AS THE UK goes back into lockdown in the cold winter months, campaigners are warning that the Government’s refusal to fund a ...

A RANGE OF organisations are joining forces to urge Londoners to recognise the severity of the Covid crisis in London and to observe the letter and spirit of the lockdown. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared “a major incident” in ...

THERE WERE several reasons why 2020 was such a terrible year – and it delivered its final kick an hour before it ended, when the UK became a sovereign, independent state once more. After being a member of the European ...

US-based campaigning organisation If Not Now celebrated the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah by reflecting on last year’s work – and looking forward to the year ahead. Last year’s successes include persuading US presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to ...

THE CLIMATE JUSTICE movement hasn’t gone away – it’s just waiting an extra year for the next international climate conference – COP26, due to be held in Glasgow next November. COVID-19 put paid to the original plan to hold the ...

ONLINE PETITIONS in support of Jeremy Corbyn are gathering support in the face of Starmer’s refusal to accept the verdict of the Labour Party and accept Corbyn back as a Labour MP. Corbyn was initially suspended from the Labour Party ...