The Morning Star publishes the Communist Party of Britain's 58th congress address by general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS, delivered on November 15 2025
THE government is on manoeuvre. It always is. Its long-term project is to wage a continual war against those in poverty, as well as working people in general, in favour of the wealthy.
Of course, they don’t say out loud that this is their purpose. Normally they come up with a thin excuse why it is necessary to take this course of action. But it’s always the same underlying story.
Take the Autumn Statement. There was jubilation on the Tory backbenches and in much of the media at the time, because it would put slightly more cash into the wage packets of some taxpayers because National Insurance contributions have been cut.
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP



