Andy Burnham’s big task of bringing down the benefits bill is about much more than money, says MARY HULL. It’s about the kind of society we want to be. ‘The task of reforming benefits is vast, long term, complex, but also essential. It goes to the heart of what we want to be as a...
JOHN CUNNISON recalls a long-forgotten chapter of working class struggle in Stoke-on-Trent that local activists and historians are bringing back to life....
Understanding anti-Reform voters could be key to blocking Nigel Farage’s electoral route to Number 10 according to a new report from the anti-extremist campaign group, Hope not Hate. ...
Bold, savvy and pragmatic, Andy Burnham’s first few weeks as prime minister have been impressive, says JOHN CUNNISON. But these are early days and numerous challenges remain from the Starmer era....
Anthony Crosland’s ‘The Future of Socialism’ was published 70 years ago and its influence on the Labour Party has lasted for decades. So does it have anything to tell us today? ARUN LEWIS has his doubts....
We’re constantly told about a ‘bloated’ disability benefits bill, yet disabled people struggle with unsuitable services and unaffordable costs. We need to look at the issue a different way, says SANDRA WILSON....
‘Mainstream has galvanised individuals and groups across the party who are looking, not only for a change of political direction, but a shift in the party’s political culture. Both are much needed.’ ...
July marks 90 years since the start of the Spanish Civil War, a brutal three-year conflict in which British working class volunteers played a valuable part. DAVID CONNOLLY reviews historian Chris Hall’s latest account of ‘the passionate cause’....
More than 90 per cent of Northern Ireland’s children still attend segregated schools. In a parting missive to his adopted home, CHRIS WILSON makes a plea for integrated education....
The Labour leader’s resignation is a chance for the party to revive its fortunes and rescue the country from the far right, says WILL BROWN. Does Andy Burnham have what it takes?...
Hope not Hate have called for urgent support to help them campaign against Reform UK in the forthcoming Makerfield by-election, triggered by Josh Simons’ resignation as Labour MP on Thursday....
Keir Starmer’s premiership is unravelling, not because of a single scandal or a momentary lapse of judgement, argues ERNIE JACQUES. This is the consequence of ‘a political project built on deception and enforced through accusation, intimidation and bullying’....