Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
Willing the ends, willing the means
From new housebuilding techniques to pedestrianising cities and localising food supply, the examples of solutions to climate change are all around us — but this government's predilection for chaos over responsible leadership does not bode well, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Burbo Bank wind farm off Merseyside in north west England
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
The Labour Growth Group and its think tank partner, the Good Growth Foundation, have taken funding from major lobbying firms linked to housebuilders, banks and Heathrow – raising questions about corporate influence at the heart of Starmer’s pro-growth project. SOLOMON HUGHES reports
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
A Vatican photo-op, a hard-right donor and a rhetoric of mass deportations reveal how appeals to ‘Christian values’ are being reshaped by Reform and Tory MPs, says SOLOMON HUGHES
THE Sun Ship (Das Sonnenschiff) is a small community in the Vauban district of Freiburg.
Built in 2004, it is one of the earliest examples of “energy-plus” housing; developments that generate more electricity than the community itself consumes.
Powered entirely by solar energy (and storage) and designed to high standards of natural heating and cooling, Vauban shows how housing can be rethought in ways more compatible with a climate-challenged world.
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From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
The government’s nuclear power expansion plan is a hollow betrayal of working people that panders to wealthy corporations and will rip off consumers, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER