Comment Sunak’s Spring Statement has failed struggling families who need help now It’s two years to the day since the first lockdown was announced. As we emerge from the Covid… Frances O’Grady 23rd March, 2022, 3:35 pm
Comment 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… John McDonnell 21st March, 2022, 11:00 am
News Exclusive: Majority of UK backs public ownership of energy firms, poll shows A majority of UK adults support bringing energy companies back into public ownership, exclusive polling by Savanta ComRes… Sienna Rodgers 18th March, 2022, 3:50 pm
Comment 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.… Martin Yarnit 18th March, 2022, 1:30 pm
Comment “Hunger is a political choice”: Ian Byrne MP on campaigning for the right to food “I wake up at night, fearful about what’s going to happen to 55,000 people in my constituency and… Elliot Chappell 15th March, 2022, 8:00 am
News Welsh ministers announce funding boost to extend free school meals in holidays Welsh Labour ministers have today announced that the devolved government will invest a further £24.1m to ensure that… Elliot Chappell 11th March, 2022, 1:00 pm
News Counting Dead Women list “painfully long” – but in reality “much longer” Jess Phillips read out the names of women killed by men in the last year during the International… Sienna Rodgers 10th March, 2022, 2:48 pm
News Government ignores Labour motion to cancel National Insurance hike The government has ignored a vote on the Labour Party proposal to cancel the planned National Insurance rise,… Katie Neame 8th March, 2022, 5:41 pm
Comment Leadership, accountability, profile: why Labour backs an elected mayor in Bristol In 2012, Bristol was the only city to vote ‘yes’ to switching to a directly-elected mayor. At the… Marley Bennett 3rd March, 2022, 4:08 pm
Comment The clock is ticking: the Vagrancy Act must be denied its 200th anniversary “An Act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons, and rogues and vagabonds.” As pre-Victorian laws go,… Ben Twomey 2nd March, 2022, 4:43 pm