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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Smoke and mirrors at Labour Party conference
Labour continues to tinker round the edges dealing in half measures
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a preening wassock strutting around a stage in Brighton attempting to be macho.
This was Ed Miliband's latest wheeze, pretending self-deprecation while at the same time aiming for bragging rights with one of the most nauseatingly smarmy anecdotes heard at a Labour conference since Blair last did his "second coming" shtick.
Miliband's ploy was so transparent that if you squinted you could see the script-writers beavering away behind the curtain like manic members of the Jim Henson workshop operating a particularly nondescript and awkward muppet.
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