Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
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Letting Capita off the hook
Why have the BBC and Guardian’s reporting on the scandal of Greater Manchester Police computer system failings been so reluctant to name the company responsible, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
GREATER Manchester Police is in crisis, with tens of thousands of crimes unrecorded and improperly investigated.
Capita, an outsourcing giant with a top Tory on the board, has helped to create the crisis, but the national media is downplaying its involvement.
Last December HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) said Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had failed to even record 80,000 crimes in a 12-month period.
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