We will fight as long as the government continues to steal from miners’ pensions
The mining industry was firmly at the heart of working-class communities like mine. For over a century, mining…
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We need to talk about the Metropolitan Police – and Cressida Dick must go
She was just walking home. She wore brightly coloured clothes, called her boyfriend while walking and took the…
Conference 2021: Keir’s courage and the hard work of grassroots activists paid off
It’s the day after Labour Party annual conference and I’m still smiling broadly just thinking about what has…
A £10 minimum wage was bold once, but now something far bolder is required
There is no better time for a pay rise. Wage stagnation in the last decade is the worst…
Violence against women, and its prevention, is not being taken seriously
As more details about the horrific kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard were revealed yesterday, a kind…
How many more times before we confront the epidemic of male violence?
Back in March, unions came together to demand safety, justice and equality and to condemn male violence. In…
The Labour leadership was pleased by conference 2021 – and with good reason
Keir Starmer delivered his long-awaited Labour conference speech yesterday. How did it go down? Tummies were rumbling by…
Was Keir Starmer’s first in-person Labour conference speech a success?
“Very, very long. But good.” This is how the first Labour MP I bumped into described Keir Starmer’s…
“We can win the next election” – Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech
Below is the full text of the speech delivered to Labour conference 2021 by party leader Keir Starmer.…
Starmer’s big day: what does he need to achieve?
Keir Starmer faces the biggest moment of his leadership today. After 18 months of delivering speeches to empty…
