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Labour’s authoritarian drift

Bryn Jones finds Starmer’s Labour failing to listen and abandoning core social democratic values, but will its MPs act? Was it the leadership’s “lack of...

What regulatory regime will Labour adopt?

Dave Levy continues our discussion on the merits and threats of AI There can be little doubt that the introduction of AI will be used...

Nature threatened by Planning Bill

Victor Anderson fears the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill will give developers too much power to damage nature “Builders versus blockers” is how the government...

Unions back Ukraine

Sacha Ismail says UK trade unions are showing stronger solidarity with Ukraine Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more and more UK trade unions have...

Lord Hain statement on Palestine Action in the House of Lords

Former Cabinet minister Peter Hain says the proscription of Palestine Action is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong  Having for nearly ten years...

The End of Orbán?

Hungary has been a template for the far right and pro-Putin states over recent years. Andrew Ryder and Alíz Nagy argue Hungarians are taking...

Sanction Seapeak

Svitlana Romanko and Peter Cooper explain why a British company involved in funding Russia’s war chest must be blocked As global leaders continue to respond...

Reeves signals change – at last

Paul Salveson is encouraged by the Spending Review plans on transport The Chancellor’s Spending Review was good news for the North – and for public...

Time for Starmer to apologise to Liz Truss

Paul Teasdale says that Truss may have been rapidly removed from office, but her ideas are still playing a big role in government Liz Truss...

Ecosocialist planning for a better world

Simon Hannah says we need a new socialist paradigm that moves from nationalisation and growing productive forces to democratic control, global redistribution and ecological...

Moving the deckchairs

Duncan Bowie tries to uncover the logic behind government plans for local government reorganisation and strategic planning Much attention has been given to the establishment...

End divisive suspensions

Mike Davis says listen to MPs and members and reinstate dissenters First, there were seven. Then there was a 140. Then there was 47.  The...