Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
MUCH attention is paid, rightly, by our movement to the government’s dismantling of state support for healthcare, social security and education.
Less attention is paid to arts, culture, and entertainment — which have equally suffered under austerity and privatisation.
When we have that focus, we often turn to subsidised theatre, arts education or the BBC — all at the hard end of cuts.
Burnham’s billions for defence while councils and local services struggle will not deliver the change that Britain’s working-class communities need, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
Wales is second from the bottom in terms of cultural services in the EU. HELEDD FYCHAN believes that needs to change if the country is to prosper
PAUL W FLEMING is unequivocal that Labour’s unpreparedness and resulting ambiguity on copyright in the creative industries has to be reined in with policies that will reverse the growing abuse by Big Tech AI
JAMES NALTON takes a look at the German league’s move to grow its audience in Britain, and around the future of football on TV in general



