The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
McDonnell v Creasy – who is right?
Should Labour renationalise PFI projects or levy a windfall tax? SOLOMON HUGHES looks to the Blair years for the answer
Windfall tax: Stella Creasy
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
WHAT should a Labour government do about the private finance initiative (PFI), the privatisation scheme squeezing cash from schools and hospitals? Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says bring the deals back in-house, through nationalisation or negotiation.
But Walthamstow Labour MP Stella Creasy has an alternative plan — a windfall tax. Which is right?
PFI schemes ask private consortiums to build and run hospitals or schools charging the government the cost of running the building for 25-30 years.
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