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John McDonnell's radical plans will transform our country
The shadow chancellor has unveiled green socialist policies that will transform Britain entirely, writes NEIL FINDLAY MSP
John McDonnell at Labour Party conference this week
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
I HAVE just returned from the Labour Party conference in Brighton, a conference that was vibrant, exciting and full of debate in the hall and across the fringe.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell, consistently Labour’s best performer, is building a reputation as a credible, knowledgeable, competent chancellor-in-waiting. His speech was stuffed with new policy announcements that would radically improve the relationship between workers and their bosses while improving productivity and giving people a stake in, and some control over, their work.
The key pledges were to end in-work poverty by increasing the “real living wage” to more than £10 an hour, cutting the average working week to 32 hours over four days within 10 years and ending the opt-out from the European Working Time Directive, which lets firms get round the rules on limiting working hours to 48 hours a week.
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