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Women bear the brunt
While the cost of living crisis is hitting most people, Alice Arkwright looks at how it will hit women hardest
Starmer’s imprint on Labour
Eric Shaw on why rule changes and bans have not enabled Starmer’s star to shine
Dropping the pilot
As Boris Johnson and chancellor Sunak receive police fines for Covid law-breaking, Trevor Fisher wonders if Labour can capitalise
Why is it so difficult to talk about China?
Jenny Clegg proposes it is time to not just talk about, but also to, China
Illegal and inhumane
Don Flynn says Priti Patel’s Rwanda scheme is just another day on the Culture War frontline
Hong Kong workers under fire
Sacha Ismail says solidarity with beleaguered Hong Kong and Chinese workers is key
Changing whose history?
Andy Gregg welcomes the acquittal of the Colston Four, finding double standards at the heart of Tory culture wars and planned attacks on judicial rights
Biodiversity is political
As we approach COP15, Victor Anderson calls for action on biodiversity, the other environmental crisis
Russian forces put Ukrainian local democracy under the hammer
Responding to the evidence of abduction and murder of Ukrainian mayors and local democracy activists, a group of UK mayors and councillors have issued an appeal for solidarity. Don Flynn reports