Burnham says “we under tax wealth” but will he do anything about it?

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Tax Justice UK have posted a video filmed in November, challenging the newly elected Makerfield MP and likely-PM Andy Burnham on his position on wealth taxes. This comes as Burnham looks likely to take the top job of PM, leading many to pay attention to whether he sticks by his prior commitments. At the time, Andy Burnham seemed to recognise the unfairness of a system that taxes work heavily while allowing many of the wealthiest to pay less than ordinary workers. He notably said: We under tax wealth. If you take something as simple as council tax, people here [Manchester city…

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Erasing Anything Palestinian: A new Amnesty International report

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Amnesty International has published a new investigation. It has accused Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing against Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank. It claims the occupation’s ethnic cleansing campaign in Area C is “state-sanctioned, state-driven, and state-implemented.” Settler violence — the goal is ethnic cleansing The report is titled Erasing Anything Palestinian: Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities. It documents how entire communities have been driven from their land. This has been carried out through a combination of settler violence, home demolitions, land seizures and settlement expansion. Restrictions on access to water…

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Watch: Reform’s would-be new Kirklees council leader doesn’t understand… anything much

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Kirklees council remains leaderless after councillors were unable to choose at a meeting yesterday; Reform are the biggest party, but short of a majority. Labour was wiped out in this month’s local elections. But the meeting saw some comedy as Reform UK’s would-be leader had to admit that neither she nor her 28 councillors understood what they were voting for. Or anything else, really: @kirkleesgreenparty Councillor Sarah Wood – Reform’s choice to lead Kirklees Council apparently doesn’t understand how the Council runs #huddersfield #westyorkshire ♬ original sound – Kirklees Green Party Reform farce Wood and her party objected that the votes…

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