BRITAIN’S Communist Party leader Robert Griffiths calls tonight for a left-wing programme to smash the threat of Reform UK and the far right.

In his new year’s message, Mr Griffiths said the British economy was “severely unbalanced, unplanned and under-invested; and over-reliant on the City of London, a parasitic property market, inward foreign investment, and income from overseas operations. 

“Moreover, this is an economy shot through with financial corruption that increasingly infects our political system.