Much has been made of the distinction between charity and mutual aid. Charity is top-down and unidirectional, while mutual aid is supposed to be horizontal, reciprocal, and participatory. In practice, however, the majority of today’s self-described mutual aid projects remain more or less unidirectional efforts to provide goods and services to those in need. This...
Kate Whannel Political reporter EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the assisted dying bill, has said she is “confident” MPs will back the legislation when it returns for its final stage in the House of Commons on Friday. If the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – which allows terminally ill adults to get...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The Post Office announced plans to close the branch in November 2024 A petition aimed at saving a post office in Paignton town centre has been presented to the House of Commons. Torbay’s Liberal Democrat MP Steve Darling handed in the petition, signed by more than 500 people,...