JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
Forging a better road for tomorrow
SIMON BRIGNELL explains why he’s compelled to stand in Cambridge local election on a Communist Party ticket

ACROSS the length and breadth of Britain, the local elections are once again upon us.
This year, my tradition of marching to the voting station with the bold intent of ticking a box and having a pint in the pub next door afterwards has been expertly dashed by the exasperating scenes I witnessed just weeks earlier in a Cambridge City Council meeting.
Said meeting was a housing scrutiny committee meeting to discuss the progress of a consultation for the redevelopment of Ekin Road. For those who don’t know, Ekin Road is in Cambridge’s most deprived ward, Abbey, while Cambridge itself is often cited as Britain’s most unequal city.
More from this author

ROS SITWELL reports from a conference held in light of the closure of the Gender Identity and Development Service for children and young people, which explored what went wrong at the service and the evidence base for care

ROS SITWELL reports from the three-day FiLiA conference in Glasgow

ROS SITWELL reports on a communist-initiated event aimed at building unity amid a revived women’s movement

London conference hears women speak out on the consequences of self-ID in sport