Labour divisions grow as Burnham mulls challenge
Opposition to Starmer could be channelled into a new ‘left’ challenge to restore Labour’s fortunes
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Birmingham bin strike: Fire Angela Raynor, don’t rehire!
By Jeremy Dewar Unite the Union’s 2025 delegate conference erupted in anger on its penultimate day, 10 July, with news
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‘Eco-Populism’ – a middle-class dead end
It is not only that Polanski as a leader stands for cross-class rather than working class politics. A middle class party, however radical, has no potential to develop a socialist alternative to either Labour or Polanski’s eco-populism.
Reeve’s economic plan
By Peter Main On 11 June, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will present her Comprehensive Spending Review. This will be the clearest
Employment Rights Bill: Labour waters down their proposals
The delay in Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, originally promised as a flagship piece of legislation aimed at strengthening workers’ rights, is a betrayal of the workers and trade unions who put the party into power.
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The danger of Starmer’s ‘military Keynesianism’
On 25 February, the government website proclaimed ‘Prime Minister sets out biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War.’
Lambeth Labour imposes £99 million cuts
By Jeremy Dewar Austerity returned to Lambeth, South London in a big way last month. The right wing clique that
Labour declares war on the civil service
A PCS member In a move reminiscent of the coalition government of the 2010s, Rachel Reeves has announced a sweeping
Labour’s spring statement: The mask slips
By KD Tait As the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, unveiled her spring statement, the echoes of austerity reverberated
Disability cuts kill
By Tim Nailsea In her Spring Statement on Wednesday 26 March, Chancellor Rachael Reeves announced a round of vicious cuts
No to Labour’s airport expansions
By Alex Rutherford Labour’s electoral strategy with regards to environmental policy was clearly to get their betrayals in early. They
Labour won’t beat Reform by copying them
By Dara O’Cogaidhin Recent polls showing Reform UK ahead of both the Labour government and the Conservative opposition have sent
Labour’s attacks on migrants won’t stop Reform
Migrants are easy targets but chasing racist votes fails on its own terms
Labour blames welfare claimants for unemployment
Liz Kendall is preparing to slash income support for the sick and unemployed
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A message from the markets
Labour’s insistence that fiscal rules are rules is a warning to workers and unions that it plans to put profit first.