Fabian Hamilton: Labour’s fracking ban will halt slide to fossil fuel future
Fracking locks Britain into an energy infrastructure that is based primarily on the use of fossil fuels. This…
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The single market is no friend of workers
Labour conference was right to block a vote on membership of the single market. Had it voted in…
David Miliband: Brexit is trashing Britain
Brexit amounts to a “trashing” of Britain’s interests and history, David Miliband said today in another outspoken intervention.…
Austerity is based on an outright lie – McDonnell’s pre-Budget speech
This is the full speech delivered by John McDonnell today ahead of the Budget on Wednesday. Good morning.…
McDonnell demands “emergency Budget” and halt on universal credit
John McDonnell will tomorrow call on the chancellor to use next week’s Budget to halt the chaotic roll-out of…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn fired up by social justice but let down by scattergun style
More Tory injustices, yes. More words? Not necessarily. That was the problem for Jeremy Corbyn today as he…
Corbyn demands free education “from cradle to the grave” ahead of students’ protest
Jeremy Corbyn today swings behind a mass march to abolish tuition fees as he demands free education “from…
Shake up fees and promote more women to halt falling membership, unions told
Trade unions must embark on wide-ranging reforms including considering plans to sell services for a fee if they…
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…
