The Starmer project is going up in smoke – but if the left cannot swiftly build a viable alternative, the country faces the grim reality of a hard-right takeover, says ANDREW MURRAY
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We can still will a war on poverty
DIANE ABBOTT MP looks at a range of figures that reveal the now shocking levels of destitution and desperation in Britain, but points out poorer countries have come back from much worse
POA general secretary STEVE GILLAN argues that while Labour’s 2025 Act was a step forward, a second wave of legislation is vital to restore the fundamental right to strike and end the exploitation of prison officers
Mehmet Turkmen, president of Birtek-Sen, has been cleared of criminal charges after speaking out against the high rate of workplace injuries and deaths in Gaziantep’s textile and carpet industry. OZLEM TEMENA reports
Scottish Labour's leaders cannot keep blaming Westminster for the collapse at the ballot box, says VINCE MILLS
Over 30 years since apartheid was abolished, nasty anti-migrant rhetoric sweeps the corporate media. The Commnunist Party is ready to fight back, says ROGER McKENZIE
FRED BAYER says the cuts to the congress cycle could be disastrous for the Scottish trade union movement
A RECENT report showing a surge in child destitution was shocking in two respects.
First was the scale of misery that is being inflicted on young people in this country, one which is easily rich enough to end poverty for good.
But the second shock was the widespread indifference to the report in both media and political circles.
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