By Andy Yorke Lord Darzi’s 12 September report on NHS England has been widely welcomed for its defence of the beloved health service. One of the first acts of the new Labour government was to commission the esteemed academic surgeon to carry out ‘a rapid investigation of the state of the NHS, assessing patient access, […]

By Rose Tedeschi The prison population in the UK is at breaking point. The maximum capacity of UK prisons is 89,619; currently there are 88,521 people in custody. The Ministry of Justice’s latest projections estimate that the prison population could increase to as much as 114,800 by March 2028. Just days after entering office, Labour […]

By Peter Main The MASS protests that ended with the storming of the presidential palace and Rajapakse’s flight began when even the slightly better-off residents felt the impact of the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. They were soon joined by thousands of others, who established a permanent encampment on Galle Face Green. Entirely missing from the […]

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election after his catastrophic debate with Trump, Kamala Harris has established a narrow lead in the opinion polls. But these are hardly safe or reliable majorities. Hence, amongst the liberal and reformist socialist left there is anxiety bordering on frenzy about Trump’s re-election. Adding fuel to the […]

By Jeremy Dewar ‘RATS CAUSE RIOTS! Rats cause riots!’ chanted protesters as they stormed the Michigan House of Representatives in 1967. Weeks earlier Detroit had witnessed one of the fiercest of the uprisings that had erupted across the States that summer. Even the Republicans had to admit there was an ‘urban crisis’ and substandard housing […]

By KD Tait KEIR STARMER spent his first conference as prime minister under pressure to offer tangible evidence of the party’s commitment to its election slogan of ‘change’. Rachel Reeves responded to demands for the government to set out a positive vision by putting on a grin and declaring there would be ‘no return to […]

The inquiry into the Grenfell fire has confirmed this was a preventable disaster, caused by the collective greed of private manufacturers and government bodies.

Labour's policy towards asylum seekers is little different to the Tories.

The SWP limit Stand Up to Racism's programme and tactics to what is acceptable to its reformist sponsors

The first TUC under a Labour government since 2009 is a chance to demand Labour restore workers' rights.

Operating theatre nurses are on strike against plans to extend their hours, as part of Labour's plan to run the NHS on overtime

Labour's promise of change has been revealed to be change for the worse. The trade unions and communities need to prepare to fight back.

Thousands came out to protest against the far right in Bristol. One of the organisers explains how it happened

Students and workers are being made to pay for the failure of the marketisation of higher education

By George Banks AFTER 14 YEARS of economic misery under the Tories, it might have been expected that a Labour government would at least spare the poorest the cost of their obsession with ‘balancing the books’. But despite promising ‘change’, Starmer and Reeves have devoted their efforts to dampening these expectations.Labour’s failure to scrap the […]

Far right activists are exploiting the Southport murders to spread Islamophobic and anti-immigrant lies. We need mass mobilisations and workers' self-defence against the fascists.

The Tory party has descended into internecine warfare.

Only by gathering the forces of working class opposition to Labour and directing them in a united front against the government can we begin to build a party that can not only resist the coming attacks on our class, but destroy capitalism and the imperialist system that stand behind Starmer and Reeves.

To get reforms out of Labour will be like drawing teeth.

Free-market economists’ claims about the efficiency of privatisation don’t hold water.

Our task is to make our unions and social movements fight Labour’s coming attacks.

The marches, blockades and occupations have not forced the government to break links with Israel. We need to change course.

Amazon is spending vast sums trying to defeat a campaign for trade union recognition.

Why socialists shouldn't support the Green Party

Health workers should organise to meet a Labour government with a united front

Reconfiguring the far right

Open letter to local and national Palestine campaigns. Unite the resistance - for workers' action to stop the genocide

To fight for anticapitalist measures to tackle war, poverty and climate change--we need a revolutionary workers' party

The workers' movement has to put Labour on notice that it can expect no honeymoon

The Lords of Misrule prepare to depart the stage