The Starmer project is going up in smoke – but if the left cannot swiftly build a viable alternative, the country faces the grim reality of a hard-right takeover, says ANDREW MURRAY
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The Tory strategy – and how to fight it
Before the election the Tories are going to pretend to break with austerity and offer us a bribe made of our own money. Labour must be ready to call this out, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
EMPTY PROMISES: Rishi Sunak (left) and Jeremy Hunt might attempt the same trick as David Cameron and George Osborne in 2014
POA general secretary STEVE GILLAN argues that while Labour’s 2025 Act was a step forward, a second wave of legislation is vital to restore the fundamental right to strike and end the exploitation of prison officers
Mehmet Turkmen, president of Birtek-Sen, has been cleared of criminal charges after speaking out against the high rate of workplace injuries and deaths in Gaziantep’s textile and carpet industry. OZLEM TEMENA reports
Scottish Labour's leaders cannot keep blaming Westminster for the collapse at the ballot box, says VINCE MILLS
Over 30 years since apartheid was abolished, nasty anti-migrant rhetoric sweeps the corporate media. The Commnunist Party is ready to fight back, says ROGER McKENZIE
FRED BAYER says the cuts to the congress cycle could be disastrous for the Scottish trade union movement
THE Tories got a drubbing in the local elections — but it would be a mistake to believe that the next election is a foregone conclusion.
They can read opinion polls too, and the loss of over 1,000 council seats will still be hurting.
As a result, it would be a mistake to assume that they will carry on just as before in all respects; they will have to offer something to voters.
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