"These funds are vital for Palestinian refugees to survive and used for essential core services, including infrastructure, health and education."
After 5 Years of Siege & War, Yemen Faces COVID-19 – Stephen Bell, Stop the War Coalition
"Yemen does not deserve a catastrophic dose of Covid-19. It does deserve an end to the invasion, and urgent medical assistance." - Stephen Bell.
Lessons must be learnt from this crisis – John McDonnell
"We must ensure in future that we build in all our public services the resilience they need to deal with future crises [&] in our economy we eradicate the low pay & insecure work that prevents people having the personal economic resilience to cope when hardship threatens." - John McDonnell MP.
“Stand up for hope, equality & justice” – Nav Mishra
"Austerity was not inevitable; it was a deliberate choice by the political elite to make ordinary working-class people pay the price for an economic crisis they did not create." - Nav MIshra.
Human life must come before profits in the fight against COVID-19 – Carlos Martinez
"Given that the rest of the world had several weeks’ advance notice of the impending crisis, countries (particularly wealthy countries like Britain) should have started taking precautionary measures by late January." - Carlos Martinez
We need urgent action to increase Coronavirus testing levels – Richard Burgon MP exclusive. #COVID-19
Coronavirus is creating an economic crisis and, for far too many, a deepening social crisis. But it can not be resolved without addressing the public health crisis." - Richard Burgon MP.
We must learn the lessons from this crisis & ensure our society is defined by solidarity & compassion, rather than insecurity, fear & inequality – Jeremy Corbyn
"The major crises we face as a society cannot be solved by the market. Cornonavirus, the climate emergency, huge levels of inequality.. these can only be solved by people working together, & not against each other." - Jeremy Corbyn.
Neo-liberalism & the de-regulation of the labour market have dangerously exposed the whole population to the #COVID-19 virus – Adrian Weir
"A difference between now & in WWII was the emergency powers during the War allowed the government to requisition property. The current Government though is only interested in the regulation of people... Absent from the Bill is any infringement on the so-called rights of the holders of private property." - Adrian Weir, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom.
Wages, Welfare, & Wellbeing: Labour’s Economic Plan for Individuals Afected by Coronavirus
"What the Government has proposed so far for people whose work lives are affected by coronavirus is inadequate."
Jeremy Corbyn – We must ensure the most effective action is taken to protect people in every community, for reasons of public health as well as social justice #covid19
"Rent needs to be suspended for those adversely affected by the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The government’s three-month ban on evictions should be extended to six months."Jeremy Corbyn Dear Prime Minister, Thank you for our meeting on Monday evening and for sharing with me the draft emergency legislation in response to the coronavirus outbreak.…