Richard Angell: Australia’s gay marriage vote shows how the DUP are out of touch
Australia’s public vote in favour of equal marriage is yet another painful reminder to the UK of just…
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It’s not just the left Chuka: the whole world is waking up to the universal basic income
Yesterday the former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna used a speech to the German British Forum to condemn the idea…
Peter Dowd: Paradise Papers reveal complacent Tories’ failure on tax loopholes
The Paradise Papers, leaked last week, demonstrate the contempt with which some corporations and individuals treat their duty to…
Corbyn’s response to Iran crisis will help determine Britain’s standing in the world
Is Jeremy Corbyn a pacifist or an isolationist or neither? There is a big difference between the first…
Chris Evans: Yes, we must be tough on the causes of crime – but society benefits if the prison system is also humane
Unless there is a radical re-think of how we sentence our prisoners, the criminal justice system will collapse.…
Tory “market fundamentalists” and how austerity is holding back Britain – extracts from Corbyn’s speech
These are extracts from the pre-Budget speech that Jeremy Corbyn is due to deliver at the Association of Colleges…
Labour under Corbyn can be the natural home for small businessmen and women
This is part of a series of articles in the run-up to the Budget on November 22. Small…
Luke Pollard and Melanie Onn: From now on let’s make Labour the party of fishing
by Luke Pollard and Melanie Onn There are few industries more closely associated with Brexit than fishing. The…
Re-invent trade unions for the era of Uber
Labour’s approach to employment must go wider than just the repealing of anti-union legislation. Of course, scrapping Thatcher’s…
Boris and Gove’s treatment of British mum in Iran shows how they betray our citizens
Does anyone need convincing that Boris Johnson and Michael Gove care more for their own careers than the…
