Liam Evans column: ‘The Left needs the confidence and optimism to dream’
Elon Musk is trying to populate Mars. Trump wants flying cars. Javier Milei plans to abolish the peso…
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‘Tech companies must answer for online violence against women’
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‘Labour wrote the rules on landmines. We can do it again on autonomous weapons’
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Labour conference motion calling for public ownership of water ruled out of scope
A Labour conference motion calling for the public ownership of water has been ruled out of scope, prompting…
A positive start: Burnham sits down with Trump in New York
From Manchester to Manhattan. Yesterday, the former Mayor of ‘some town’ now Prime Minister of our nation had…
‘Universal education should begin in the early years’
When I recently spoke to Neil Kinnock about education and social mobility, one of his arguments stayed with…
Good growth in every postcode 23rd September 2026
Andy Burnham’s pledge to the country is “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart”. What…
‘Reflecting on four years as co-chair of LGBT+ Labour’
This year’s Labour Party Conference will be my fourth and final one as Co-Chair of LGBT+ Labour, before…
‘Labour can build an NHS fit for the future, but it must start working with us, not against us’
When Labour came to power, I felt something I hadn’t experienced in the NHS for a long time,…
