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Young people in the UK have waited long enough, their plight can not become a tool of the far-right

Labour and Starmer must ignore the Musk-bait and focus on delivering a better future for the children of today and tomorrow

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The Lead and Zoe Grunewald
Jan 07, 2025
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You might think this week’s big news is about Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, or Keir Starmer. You’d be wrong. Beneath the noise of power struggles lies a serious issue: the UK’s systemic neglect of its children—a failure that has been cloaked and twisted by the far-right to fuel divisive narratives.

Over the weekend, Musk used his platform on X to highlight th…

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