Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

ON May 3, we could have a socialist metro mayor for Newcastle and the North of Tyne.
This is one of the metro mayor deals. It’s not about running the bin collections or managing social services. It’s a new role: economic development.
It doesn’t have much money — £20 million a year. This was a Tory deal, after all. Local councils have suffered six times that amount in cuts.
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JAMIE DRISCOLL explains how his group, Majority, plans to empower working people to empower themselves

We’ll be developing a people’s manifesto for the 2026 local elections. We’ll network, learn, inspire and support each other and chart a future path for socialist politics, writes JAMIE DRISCOLL

