Labour must fight for legal aid – before it is too late
Access to justice should be for the many, not the few. That was Clement Attlee’s dream when his…
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Ruth Smeeth: Back the Stamp and give our ceramics industry the protections it needs
If there is one thing we are known for in Stoke-on-Trent, it is pottery. I represent the birthplace…
Brexit threatens the hard-fought rights of my generation. Labour must take a stand
Brexit will turbo-charge the Tory assault on jobs, public services and workplace rights. My generation, who didn’t experience…
Pro-EU Labour left “increasingly confident” of conference say on ‘people’s vote’
Pro-EU Labour campaigners are “increasingly confident” that conference delegates will get a vote on whether the party should…
Let’s keep up Labour’s support for precarious, low-waged and migrant workers
Austerity Britain is everywhere defined by the twin blights of falling wages and rising living costs. This is…
The government’s no deal plans show Corbyn must change tack on Brexit
Until recently I have been sceptical about appeals to the Labour leadership to call for a second referendum.…
Corbyn’s comments on Zionists “taken out of context”, says McDonnell
John McDonnell has defended Jeremy Corbyn from accusations of antisemitism after the Labour leader was revealed to have…
A publicly owned Facebook? Interesting idea, but fraught with difficulty
Is it time to nationalise Facebook? Recently, social media platforms have transformed from a space to socialise, share…
Melanie Onn: The Tories aren’t interested in helping private renters
It is anticipated that there will be five million people in the private rented sector by 2022, a…
It isn’t Labour the splitters would be leaving – it’s politics itself
This week’s New Statesman cover, ‘Will Labour split?’, is currently making waves, as Stephen Bush predicts a split of…
