Features

The human cost of Trump’s War on Foreign Aid

Micheal Nelson Byaruhanga reports UK and US foreign aid cuts will consign millions of people to disease and early deaths At Biiso Health IV in...

TUC stays pro-Ukraine, mixed on climate, while demanding more from Labour 

Sacha Ismail reports on this year’s TUC Congress which showed shifting ground on military spending, Ukraine and climate change Reversing policy passed amid controversy in...

Women’s safety

Sabia Kamali says temporary accommodation must be a safe haven Every year, thousands of women leave abusive relationships hoping for safety. They follow every piece...

New Deal needs more than one Bill

While highlighting Reform, Tory and LibDem opposition Robert Scott says Labour’s start on employment rights must keep going Two days’ notice. That is all the Conservatives...

Reasons not to back Bridget Phillipson

Karen Constantine explains why she cannot support Bridget Phillipson and why Labour members should veto her ambition to be deputy leader. Time has passed since...

Evading the dead hand of history 

Don’t like the old party?  Just build a new one!  Don Flynn argues that there are social and political forces that shape our options...

Claim the future

Frank Hansen reports on a John McDonnell inspired conference to rejuvenate the Labour left John McDonnell’s challenge to the Labour Party conference is a fundamental...

Changing Labour and stopping Reform

While MPs are prepared to rebel, Jon Lansman says Starmer’s authoritarianism and cavalier attitude to pledges have disillusioned thousands and tactical voting will be...

Seizing the opportunity on electoral reform

Joe Sousek outlines the need for a National Commission supported by the APPG Fair Elections The last general election was the most disproportionate in...

No to appeasement – for a just peace

Christopher Ford says the Trump–Putin axis must not decide the fate of Ukraine The Alaska summit has been portrayed as either an inconsequential spectacle or,...

Climate campaigns: broader and child-focused

Tim Root says the breadth of climate campaigns needs to be widened and slogans geared to children Rising temperatures are causing severe Earth system reactions,...

Beware siren voices

Mary Southcott on reforming election laws, changing voting systems and rejecting non-PR approaches The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, introduced in July 2025, based on...