British Steel has vindicated what the left has said all along — nationalisation of our key industries is common sense, and it’s the neoliberals who are now clearly the ideologically driven zealots, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement

With young people, the disabled and the elderly in Labour’s sights as ‘easy targets’ for cuts, the labour movement must remember it’s in the vital interests of us all to defend the groups being picked off, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

As European leaders compete to increase military spending while threatening welfare cuts, the burden will fall disproportionately on working people and minority communities, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP

Dangerous and delusional military posturing on the world stage does not serve the interests of the public among the European powers, nor the people of Ukraine, writes DIANE ABBOTT

You only have to look at the dire polling of Labour’s sister parties in Europe to see that aping the hard right on migration leads to spectacularly bad results, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP

This ceasefire is clearly not enough, and we must be allowed to continue our protests, argues DIANE ABBOTT

There are unique dangers from Trump’s second term, from his territorial ambitions and corporate power grab to the global emboldening of hard-right forces championed by his consigliere Elon Musk, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

Britain’s best option after the new president is sworn in in January is to simply opt out of his warmongering and demands for military spending, and make our own trade deals independent of the US for once, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

For its own good the Labour government should take a radical, progressive approach to investing in public services instead of tinkering around the edges, argues DIANE ABBOTT

DIANE ABBOTT MP condemns the government’s vicious attack on benefits that callously denies the pandemic’s impact on the working class while pushing vulnerable people into unsuitable work through punitive measures

Comparing Budget measures to fictional Tory plans rather than actual spending levels conceals continued austerity, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP, as workers face stealth tax increases to bear the cost of economic stagnation