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A year after the awful police killing of unarmed father-to-be Chris Kaba, an armed police officer has been charged with his murder.

Throughout my search for a home as a young person in London, I have faced a series of issues highlighting the dire state of the housing crisis. Licensing requirements for houses of multiple occupancy gave landlords excuses to bump up their rents, making a shared arrangement more difficult than ever.

On 23 December 2022, the Barking Reach Residents Association gathered information from residents in Argent House. Promises by housing association London and Quadrant (L&Q), that contractors would turn up failed, and these issues were not resolved. Christmases were ruined.

Domestics, porters, caterers and other staff at Barts NHS Trust are continuing their fight for fair pay in the NHS, joined by other staff and coordinating with workers in other trusts.

Rental prices are far too high, the conditions of properties do not match the premium that landlords are charging, and things are getting worse. Rents and mortgage repayments have skyrocketed, way beyond an affordable rate.

A friend of mine had a similar political arc, and found the Socialist Party website after some googling. I read the Socialist Party’s ‘What we stand for’ section, and agreed with it broadly.

London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled a scheme to make free school meals available to every primary school pupil in London. Any support for struggling families will be welcomed. But the scheme could go much further.

Brian joined the Militant in the early 1980s. As a young working-class shop steward he had worked in numerous jobs around West London, for a while as an engineer at Otis lifts.

On Sunday 13 August, two men were stabbed in a homophobic attack outside The Two Brewers, a popular LGBTQ+ venue in Clapham, South London. This attack comes at a time when the Tories have been increasing divisive rhetoric against oppressed groups, including LGBTQ+ people.

I joined the Socialist Party following my disillusionment with the Labour Party’s treatment of Jeremy Corbyn after the 2017 election.