Ministers are refusing to take action on racial discrimination – so we must fight
Despite considerable progress made in the 50-plus years since the first International Day to End Racial Discrimination and…
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What can we expect from Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement this week?
“I am virtually out of tools to help people now. It’s not something money management can fix,” Martin…
No time for half-hearted measures: we need a Radical Recovery Programme
In every other period of history when inflation combines with wage cuts, and people struggle to pay for…
For prosperity and security, Labour must build a more resilient British economy
Vladimir Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine has exposed the profound structural weakness in Britain’s economic model. While much…
Ministers are trying to clamp down on protest – but there’s still time to resist
In recent weeks, we have all been moved by the bravery of ordinary Russians risking arrest to stand…
For UK food security and sustainability, we need to pivot towards self-sufficiency
The war in Ukraine has given new urgency to discussions in the UK about food security and sustainability.…
Labour urges action against P&O after “despicable assault on workers’ rights”
P&O Ferries sacked 800 workers yesterday, with immediate effect, over a Zoom call. Those staff, which the company…
Solving the UK’s housing crisis starts with empowering our local authorities
Want. Disease. Ignorance. Squalor. Idleness. Those were the five evils that the 1942 Beveridge Report set out to…
Science and tech can improve our lives: Labour will unleash British innovation
As an engineer, as a Geordie, as a Brit and as the shadow minister for science, I am…
The online safety bill is finally being released – but will it do the job?
Ukraine has reported that Russian forces bombed a theatre where civilians were sheltering in Mariupol in the south…
