Politics

NOVANEWS The bedroom tax is a vicious attack on the poorest and most vulnerable people in society. When the Bedroom Tax came into force on 1 April, 14 percent would be cut from housing benefit for households with one ‘spare’ bedroom and 25 percent from those with two or more. This is a suicidal law as shown when Stephanie Bottrill killed herself as a result of the stress the bedroom tax put on her. If our rulers really want to do something about the affordable housing shortage, why not set rent controls in the private sector, build lots of new social homes and requisition all those empty ‘deluxe’ flats? We need to understand that no representative of a capitalist party is on the side of the workers, however much (s)he may pretend to be. Nor is anyone who tries to incite us to blame each ot...

NOVANEWS By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research Each year, the Bilderberg venue brings together leading members of the financial and corporate elite, politicians, handpicked scholars, journalists and scientists. It is An Anglo-Western European-North American Venue with participants from 21 Western countries (i.e Western Europe, US and Canada). With the exception of British born Polish Minister of Finance, Jacek Rostowski, there are no participants from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East (with the exception of Turkey). There are 14 women out of 140 participants. The official website of the Bilderberg describes the venue as “a forum for informal, off-the-record discussions about megatrends and the major issues facing the world.” Semi-secrecy p...

NOVANEWS 6 June 2013: As Ed Miliband backs a cap on benefits spending, Tom Walker says that the more you read of Labour’s new welfare policies, the worse it gets Two Eds... but their policies are no joke They finally went and did it. Granted, the signs have long been there – not least in human form      as Liam Byrne – but this week the Labour leadership finally capitulated to the Tory agenda on benefits once and for all. This is what Ed Miliband said today: ‘The biggest item of expenditure, alongside the NHS, is the social security budget. The next Labour government will have less money to spend… Social security spending, vital as it is, cannot be exempt from that discipline.’ He came out in favour of a three-year cap on welfare spending. As ever with an Ed Miliband speech, there is plen...