Christian Wolmar: Rejoice at scrapping of the Garden Bridge – yet another attempt to privatise our public spaces
The Garden Bridge project is dead. At last. Its death has rather been like watching a great ship…
London
Sadiq’s map reveals how some Londoners face 30 years of ill-health
Sadiq Khan has condemned as “unacceptable” the 30 years of illness which women in the poorest parts of…
Jeremy Corbyn: PM must rethink inquiry into Grenfell Tower blaze
This is the letter sent by Jeremy Corbyn to Theresa May following the publication of the terms of reference…
Diane Abbott: Tory treatment of refugees is out of line with British values
This week figures obtained by The Independent showed just five per cent of refugees resettled from Syria under…
If Labour is to govern again then it must defend its response to the financial crisis
For as long as there is a debate about the financial crisis then there must be voices willing…
Seb Dance: Brexit is bad for your health
Those of us who campaigned to stay in the European Union and who remain unconverted to the Brexit…
Momentum to train army of campaigners to target Boris and key Tory ministers
Momentum will launch a training programme later this month in an attempt to create an army of Labour…
Jim McMahon: Another broken Tory transport promise shows why the north must wrest power from Whitehall
“Billions for London, uncertainty for Manchester” – read the headline in my local paper this week. The government’s…
Student debt row should be a cautionary tale for writing the next manifesto
When Labour’s manifesto was published, halfway through the general election campaign, the party was languishing far behind the…
Blair “saved Corbyn” from de-selection
A former chief whip has entered the debate over de-selections by revealing that Tony Blair stepped in to…
