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Ken Livingstone
seoul
Features / 29 July 2023
Some cities are fighting climate change, but our leaders are not
29 July 2023
It is mayors living close to the people who understand what is needed to tackle climate change better than national politicians in their private jets and chauffeur-driven cars, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
misiones
Features / 1 July 2023
Hugo Chavez 25 years on
1 July 2023
With the 25th anniversary of his first election approaching this year, KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on the achievements and legacy of an important figure in Latin America’s history
school meal
Features / 16 June 2023
Local and devolved powers show an alternative to austerity economics
16 June 2023
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on the importance of devolution – and using devolved powers for progressive ends
Orgreave
Features / 19 May 2023
Thatcher's heirs are cracking down on democracy and dissent – just like she did
19 May 2023
Wide-ranging attacks on ‘enemies within’ are reminiscent of Thatcher’s assault on the miners, GLC, and black and Irish communities in the '80s, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
KL_GA
Features / 5 May 2023
We were pilloried for meeting Sinn Fein — but peace was the result
5 May 2023
25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, KEN LIVINGSTONE writes about his unique, long-running role in the peace process that saw him vilified, then eventually vindicated — and salutes a future united Ireland
SIGN OF THE TIMES: A 1968 protest at London’s Grosvenor Sq
Features / 20 April 2023
55 years on, we still need the spirit of May 1968
20 April 2023
Although May ’68 itself failed to deliver a revolution, the lessons of the era – alliance-building by including liberation struggles outside of socialism – shaped my later time in power, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Xi Jinping and David Cameron
Features / 7 April 2023
The sudden arrival of a cold war with China
7 April 2023
Within a few short years we have gone from celebrating links with China to ripping up essential relationships and paving the ground for military conflict — we must now oppose Aukus and a new nuclear arms race, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
bush and blair
Features / 24 March 2023
Twenty years on from Iraq don’t forget Bush and Blair’s crimes
24 March 2023
KEN LIVINGSTONE salutes the millions who marched against the war and looks back at how the London mayor’s office was able to aid the movement even as the Westminster government carried out its bloody invasion
chavez
Features / 9 March 2023
When London welcomed Chavez
9 March 2023
KEN LIVINGSTONE remembers Hugo Chavez coming to London as his guest in 2006, and his memorable appearance at a public rally
A congestion charge sign in London.
Features / 25 February 2023
London’s congestion charge: tackling climate chaos needs radical solutions and courageous political leadership
25 February 2023
This month marks 20 years since the introduction of the congestion charge — one of the achievements I am most proud of from my time as mayor of London that I knew would gain support once it had started, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
DEMOCRACY NOW: An anti-government protester walks next to a
Features / 9 February 2023
Like Bolivia, Peru can overturn this coup
9 February 2023
The imprisonment of Pedro Castillo and the forceful removal of his government have led to massive protests by the poorest sections of society. As the repression grows, so too does the resistance, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
placard
Features / 28 January 2023
Celebrate Hugo Chavez’s legacy 25 years on
28 January 2023
The struggle against US intervention in Venezuela continues, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
ken
Features / 13 January 2023
Dead-end government – a bankruptcy of ideas
13 January 2023
This year must see determined resistance to Tory austerity, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Maduro
Features / 16 December 2022
Against dire odds, Venezuela has made 2022 a success
16 December 2022
Political and economic stability is back and shortages are being addressed — but although the ‘interim president’ farce and attempts at insurrection are now almost over, US and British sanctions still wreak havoc, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
People take part in the People's Assembly Britain is Broken
Features / 2 December 2022
Tory austerity is still devastating Britain
2 December 2022
Reports from Crisis, the Trussell Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation show that the inhumane Tories are leading us deeper into a social emergency, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
CWU members on the picketline
Features / 23 November 2022
Resist Tory attacks on trade unions!
23 November 2022
The call for free trade unions is an essential part of resistance to the Tory government and against austerity, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Downing Street, London follo
Features / 21 October 2022
Seize the moment and force the Tories out
21 October 2022
Liz Truss’s remarkable implosion has devastated the Conservatives’ poll lead despite their parliamentary majority – now is the time to build links between unions, campaigns and the left representatives in public office, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Alex Saab
Features / 7 October 2022
Free Alex Saab
7 October 2022
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes of the case of the illegally detained Venezuelan diplomat now facing a possible 20-year jail sentence in the US
RMT
Opinion / 12 August 2022
Truss and Sunak both will punish the poorest
12 August 2022
The Tory leadership contest is a reactionary race to the bottom, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Environmental campaigners from Just Stop Oil protest outside
Features / 29 July 2022
Centrica and Shell's obscene profits are a line in the sand
29 July 2022
Bumper profits for energy giants while millions are in fuel poverty shows the system is broken — it is clearly time to renationalise these industries and we must support all those who are fighting for this goal, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Lula
Features / 15 July 2022
Stand with Lula and social progress in Brazil
15 July 2022
Lula and his supporters are taking to the streets to rally for democracy and against hunger in Brazil, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
People protest through Dover in Kent, after P&O Ferries sack
Features / 1 July 2022
Yes the union fightback is here – but will the reaction be worse?
1 July 2022
It seems like the P&O scandal was a line in the sand and since then the unions have been taking no steps back – but even with the huge public support for RMT’s actions, will the Tories legislate us into defeat, asks KEN LIVINGSTONE
Ken Livingstone, pictured (left) with Gerry Adams in London
Features / 3 June 2022
Are we about to witness the reunification of Ireland?
3 June 2022
In light of a well-earned Sinn Fein victory in a system set up to prevent republicans from winning, unity is on the cards — the left in Britain must now stand up for Ireland’s right to self-determination, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
No War grafiti
Features / 21 May 2022
20 times more powerful than Hiroshima
21 May 2022
Modern US nuclear weapons could easily bring about armageddon. That is why today’s demonstration at Lakenheath is part of a vital campaign for disarmament — our world's survival hangs in the balance, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Palestine protesters
Features / 6 May 2022
Tories escalate attacks on our rights with ‘anti-boycott Bill’
6 May 2022
We need to defend our right to boycott from the Tory attacks, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Venezuela
Features / 24 March 2022
Now is the time to finally end Britain and the US’s illegal sanctions on Venezuela
24 March 2022
Under pressure, the US is seeking to re-engage with Venezuela, totally undermining Juan Guaido and the regime-change agenda pursued under Trump in its sudden desperation for oil, reports KEN LIVINGSTONE
esisting the new cost-of-living crisis will mean supporting
Features / 11 March 2022
Tory laissez-faire approach means more poverty and misery
11 March 2022
The government is not even pretending to have an answer to the dire situation most of us face. Workers can’t wait for it to tackle the deepening cost-of-living crisis – we have to take action ourselves, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
ssp
Features / 25 February 2022
Tories will always put corporate greed before public need
25 February 2022
Don’t let Boris Johnson off the hook over sick pay, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Anez protester
Features / 11 February 2022
Bolivia – putting people and planet before private profit
11 February 2022
We must keep up solidarity with Bolivia, as the right-wing campaign of destabilisation has not abated, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Tony Blair
Features / 28 January 2022
No to Blair’s knighthood!
28 January 2022
There is clearly a wider push from the British Establishment to rehabilitate the warmongering former PM and his political project, says KEN LIVINGSTONE
Rail tickets
Features / 15 January 2022
Now is the time to renationalise rail
15 January 2022
When studies show we have one of the most expensive and inefficient railways in Europe, a new fare hike is the last straw: we need public ownership, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Xiomara Castro
Features / 16 December 2021
Stand with the heroic example of the Honduran people
16 December 2021
Amid a difficult time for British progressives, the left’s victory in Honduras shows why we say ‘Don’t mourn, organise!’ writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro acknowledge
Adelante! / 1 December 2021
US Hands Off Latin America!
1 December 2021
Let’s ramp up our solidarity with the left in Latin America writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Ken Livingstone
Features / 19 November 2021
Governing London from the left
19 November 2021
They called us the 'loony left' but we showed the world what was possible once socialists take power even over one city, from free transport and free festivals to recognising same-sex partnerships — we need that ambition once again, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Supporters of MAS defy right-wing ‘interim’ coup leade
Features / 8 October 2021
Bolivia shows us what is possible
8 October 2021
Bolivia’s rapid social progress under a left-wing government and ability to suffer a right-wing coup then overcome it through mass mobilisation is a source of hope and optimism for the international left, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Nicolas Maduro
Features / 23 September 2021
Now is the time to step up solidarity with Venezuela
23 September 2021
Biden should end Trump’s interventionist policies in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Money
Features / 9 September 2021
Universal credit shows all you need to know about the ‘Nasty Party’
9 September 2021
The Tories’ £20 cut to universal credit will be a social and economic catastrophe, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Pedro Castillo
Features / 14 August 2021
Castillo plans a leftward course for Peru
14 August 2021
The new president faces a coronavirus-ravaged economy and deeply entrenched political opposition, but his ambitious social programmes are a cause for celebration, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
ballymurphy families
Features / 30 July 2021
Divide and rule set to continue in N Ireland
30 July 2021
Tories sink to a new low with their manipulative and incendiary tactics in the province, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Trident submarine
Features / 17 July 2021
There’s no money for universal credit — but there is for more nuclear weapons?
17 July 2021
At this point where the Tories are claiming funds are low, we must highlight the ridiculous £200 billion they plan to waste on renewing and expanding our sick missile programme, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
HEALTH EMERGENCY: Women shout ‘I want my vaccine’ as the
Features / 6 June 2021
The IMF joins those working for imperialist ‘regime change’ in Venezuela
6 June 2021
The world’s coup-plotters and warmongers haven’t given up on getting their hands on Venezuela’s oil, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Family members arrive for the inquest into holding photos of
Features / 22 May 2021
Time for a border poll in Ireland
22 May 2021
The people of Ireland have the right to shape their own future, as agreed in the Good Friday Agreement, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
FREEDOM FOR VENEZUELA: Supporters of Maduro’s left-wing go
Features / 7 May 2021
Give Venezuela back its gold
7 May 2021
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on new revelations about previously denied collusion between the Bank of England and the Tory government to steal Venezuela's gold in support of US-backed regime change
Hugo Chavez
Features / 10 April 2021
When Hugo Chavez and the people of Venezuela beat the US empire
10 April 2021
April 11 marks the anniversary of 2002 coup in Venezuela, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
A protest in Hondoras
Features / 27 March 2021
Turmoil in Honduras: solidarity with the resistance
27 March 2021
As we approach 11 years since the US-backed right-wing coup in Honduras, resistance to neoliberalism continues, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
A man holds a painting of late President Hugo Chavez as he w
Features / 13 March 2021
Venezuela: UN special rapporteur’s report slams sanctions – but Biden retains them
13 March 2021
We need to step up our campaign against the illegal US sanctions on Venezuela, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
homeless
Opinion / 26 February 2021
Tory housing policies are a moral dereliction
26 February 2021
This week the Museum of Homelessness (MoH) released the figure that 976 homeless people across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland died last year. KEN LIVINGSTONE reports on a government-made housing crisis
Wyden
Features / 13 February 2021
Trump has gone – time to end US sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
13 February 2021
Now is the time to step up international campaigning against illegal US sanctions in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
parlamentarians
Features / 14 January 2021
Biden must end the US’s illegal sanctions on Venezuela
14 January 2021
If he is to prove he is different from Trump, the new US president will have to change approach in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
soho
Features / 4 December 2020
Covid-19: time for a People’s Plan
4 December 2020
Other countries have enforced and completed successful lockdowns, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE — it’s time we followed these proven steps
Evo Morales
Features / 20 November 2020
Victory for socialists in Bolivia – but the struggle continues 
20 November 2020
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on the restoration of democracy in Bolivia
Homeless man
Features / 7 November 2020
Now is the time to end homelessness
7 November 2020
There needs to be real action to protect renters, end rough sleeping and stop a new homelessness crisis, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Water tap
Features / 22 October 2020
Bring water back into public ownership
22 October 2020
We all lose as water companies fail again, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Venezuela queue for fuel
Features / 9 October 2020
Exposing Trump’s deadly sanctions on Venezuela
9 October 2020
KEN LIVINGSTONE looks in-depth at the story of US sanctions on Venezuela
Rail passenger
Features / 11 September 2020
Transport should be run for people not private profit
11 September 2020
The recent fare rises announced are yet more proof of the failure of railway privatisation, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
riot bolivia 19
Features / 28 August 2020
Bolivia: repression is intensifying nine months on from the lithium coup
28 August 2020
KEN LIVINGSTONE looks at the motivations behind the illegal ‘regime change’ in Bolivia last year
Nicaragua
Features / 15 August 2020
Why is Trump now ramping up his attacks on Nicaragua?
15 August 2020
Sanctions and even interventions against the small Latin American nation are part of a pattern of desperation from an ailing US empire, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
White House 9/2/18
Features / 31 July 2020
Washington threatens countries for receiving medical aid from Cuba
31 July 2020
Cuban humanitarianism deserves admiration and respect, not sanctions and smears, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Military parade
Features / 3 July 2020
Spend it on the people, not war
3 July 2020
It is time to invest in our future not nukes and weapons of war, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Juan Guaido blue plastic glove
Features / 20 June 2020
The Tories are complicit in Trump’s illegal ‘regime change’ agenda in Venezuela
20 June 2020
The activities of the secret Venezuela Reconstruction Unit show the British government is entirely subservient to Washington’s priorities in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Macaws Caracas
Features / 5 June 2020
The UK is trying to meddle in Latin America once more
5 June 2020
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on British complicity in Trump’s regime change agenda
riot bolivia
Features / 22 May 2020
Coup regime represses dissent and endangers Bolivian lives
22 May 2020
Six months on from the anti-socialist coup against Evo Morales, we need to keep up our solidarity with the people of Bolivia, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Drop the debt
Features / 8 May 2020
Don’t forget to drop the debt
8 May 2020
Now is the perfect time to highlight and confront the systems of neocolonial exploitation of developing countries by unjust loans — and we can fight the fight here in Britain, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Climate dorught
Features / 23 April 2020
The risk of climate catastrophe must not be forgotten
23 April 2020
With Trump seeking to withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement, we need to keep up the pressure for real action on global warming, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Donald Trump April 10 2020
Features / 10 April 2020
US ramps up pressure on Venezuela amid coronavirus pandemic
10 April 2020
Instead of offering help, Trump has threatened to increase sanctions on the country unless Maduro resigns, reports KEN LIVINGSTONE
Daniel Ortega
Features / 26 March 2020
To no avail, Trump ramps up pressure for ‘regime change’ in Nicaragua
26 March 2020
Despite 'the Donald' and the CIA being on quite a roll in Latin and Central America, they have failed to squash Sandinista leader President Daniel Ortega, whose left-wing party are overcoming US sanctions to achieve significant poll leads, reports KEN LIVINGSTONE
Nuke sub
Features / 20 March 2020
Buy more nukes? People and health should come first
20 March 2020
The government should wash its hands of Trident and put resources into our health and security, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Confetti showers Luis Arce, center, Bolivian presidential ca
Features / 14 February 2020
Bolivia: the people still stand by Morales and socialism
14 February 2020
The right-wing coup government is repressing and criminalising the country’s progressive and popular movements — but their resistance endures, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
climate change
Features / 29 November 2019
We need to tackle the climate emergency right now
29 November 2019
It’s climate chaos with the Tories or a green new deal with Labour, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Bolivia coup
Features / 15 November 2019
Bolivia: a blatant coup of the worst kind
15 November 2019
We must build an international movement in solidarity with those resisting the Latin America's latest right-wing outrage, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Pollution
Features / 8 November 2019
Labour’s pledges can help people and planet
8 November 2019
The party’s commitment to make all new homes zero-carbon within three years is both radical and needed, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Rebecca Long Bailey
Features / 24 October 2019
Labour’s new report could kickstart a green industrial revolution
24 October 2019
Only Labour has a plan to tackle the climate emergency — we need a Corbyn-led government for both people and planet, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Donald Trump
Features / 11 October 2019
No to Trump’s war threats and blockades
11 October 2019
We must all come together in solidarity against Trump’s interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
JC at Brighton Conference
Features / 27 September 2019
A root and branch transformation of our economy
27 September 2019
Let’s concentrate on the difference a Labour government would make and the high stakes at the coming election
kid and mum
Features / 18 September 2019
Ghastly Tories are failing our kids
18 September 2019
The Conservative government is blighting a whole generation of children, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Time to back the Honduran resistance
Features / 30 August 2019
Time to back the Honduran resistance
30 August 2019
One of Trump’s main allies in South and Central America is in big trouble, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
evo
Features / 9 August 2019
The future of progress is at stake in the Bolivian October elections
9 August 2019
Evo Morales leads the polls but faces other challenges from the right-wing opposition and an increasingly hostile Trump administration, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
protest
Features / 26 July 2019
Boris Johnson’s illiteracy about climate change is a grave danger
26 July 2019
The new Prime Minister's track record as mayor of London is a clear warning about where his priorities lie
delegation
Features / 28 June 2019
Stand by Cuba as Trump cranks up the pressure
28 June 2019
The Trump administration is now ramping up aggression against Cuba
A protest outside the US embassy in Tegucigalpa
Features / 14 June 2019
We must stand with resistance to repression in Honduras
14 June 2019
Ten years on from the right-wing coup against democracy in Honduras, we must again speak against how the US and UK are propping up the reactionary regime there
Trump tweeted: 'The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive.'
Features / 31 May 2019
Stand together against Trump – a man who hates our planet
31 May 2019
We need to maximum opposition to Trump’s state visit next week to build a movement to save the environment, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Evo Morales
Features / 17 May 2019
Bolivia’s democracy is a thorn in the US’s side
17 May 2019
US intervention against the left-wing government is intensifying ahead of presidential elections in October, says KEN LIVINGSTONE
Venezuela No Coup
Features / 3 May 2019
No more Pinochets in Latin America
3 May 2019
US military intervention in Venezuela is still very much on the cards following this week’s failed coup attempt, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
CLIMATE CHANGE
Features / 11 April 2019
People and planet need a socialist Labour government
11 April 2019
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour is part of the new, socialist, international movement against climate change, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has weathered a year o
Features / 24 March 2019
No to Trump’s sanctions on Nicaragua
24 March 2019
The Trump administration is spreading its intervention and aggression across Central and Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Evo Morales
Features / 15 March 2019
Will Trump go for Bolivia next?
15 March 2019
With Evo Morales campaigning for re-election in Bolivia later this year, the left must raise awareness of the threat of growing US hostility, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Chavez with kids
Features / 15 February 2019
Remembering Hugo Chavez
15 February 2019
Rewriting history when it comes to Hugo Chavez’s role in Venezuela and Latin America’s past is part of the current US offensive for ‘regime change,’ says KEN LIVINGSTONE
Yankee Go Home
Features / 1 February 2019
Resist US regime change with words and action
1 February 2019
Calling for the overthrow of the government of President Nicolas Maduro is a new and extremely serious development in the US’s longstanding strategy of aggression towards Venezuela, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) joins protestors outsid
Features / 5 January 2019
Transport should be run as a public service for everyone’s benefit
5 January 2019
Labour is right to stand for bringing our railways back into public ownership so they are run in the interests of passengers, not private profit, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Grosvenor Square demonstration against Vietnam
Features / 21 December 2018
How the protests of 1968 challenged the established politics of the day
21 December 2018
As we approach the end of a year of events marking 50 years since 1968, KEN LIVINGSTONE reflects on the lessons for the struggle for socialism today
Parent
Features / 7 December 2018
The Tories are breaking Britain
7 December 2018
Their cuts are destroying the fabric of our society but the Tories have no solutions to increasing poverty and insecurity, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, second from right,
Features / 23 November 2018
International solidarity is urgently needed for Brazil
23 November 2018
Now is the time to stand with the millions of Brazilians resisting attacks on democracy and equality, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
rally
Features / 26 October 2018
Democracy in danger
26 October 2018
As Brazilians go to the polls, the possibility of a win for Bolsonaro casts a nightmarish shadow over the continent and beyond. Support for the progressive sectors becomes now not just a necessity but an internationalist duty, says KEN LIVINGSTONE
Labour Red Flag
Features / 29 September 2018
Jeremy and John’s Labour can deliver the radical economic change we need
29 September 2018
Ten years on from the financial crash, Labour showed at its conference this week that it understands the scale of change needed, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
he Lehman Brothers headquarters building at Canary Wharf in
Features / 14 September 2018
10 years on from the crash, what have we learnt?
14 September 2018
We can expect the financial sector giants to do everything in their power to stop Jeremy getting into Downing Street, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
PT supporters
Features / 31 August 2018
We must stand for democracy and social progress in Brazil
31 August 2018
The labour movement and all progressives must do more to expose the gutting of democracy and workers’ rights in Brazil, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Nelson Mandela statue, Parliament Square
Features / 20 July 2018
The triumph of freedom and humanity over oppression
20 July 2018
100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on the fight to commemorate the revolutionary leader a short distance away from the British institutions that once ruled the African colonies
donald trump plane
Features / 8 June 2018
The US war on democracy in Latin America
8 June 2018
Progressive forces need to learn the lessons of history and stand strong against Trump’s intervention agenda in Latin America, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Jeremy Corbyn
Features / 25 May 2018
Millions need a Labour government that will transform Britain
25 May 2018
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on why the key political issue of our time is to end to the human catastrophe that is Tory austerity
Austerity / 20 April 2018
Rising homelessness is a national scandal
20 April 2018
The Tories’ cuts are leading to support for the homeless being axed at the same time as rough sleeping increases, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Train tickets April 2018
Features / 6 April 2018
Tory outsourcing and privatisation fails our railways
6 April 2018
Only public ownership can improve Britain’s railways, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Khan
Ken Livingstone / 9 March 2018
Tory-instigated housing crisis needs Labour’s radical solution
9 March 2018
Creating a dedicated housing ministry tasked with building a million new homes in five years, including half a million council homes, is as realistic as it is necessary, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Water
Nationalisation / 23 February 2018
We all lose as water companies line the pockets of shareholders
23 February 2018
Labour’s plan to nationalise utilities is the only way forward and best evidenced by private water companies which bleed us dry
Carillion 2/2/18
Outsourcing / 2 February 2018
Carillion’s collapse shows the neoliberal dogma has failed
2 February 2018
We need to bury the obsession with privatisation for good, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Austerity / 7 January 2018
The NHS crisis stems from Conservative neglect
7 January 2018
Despite what some Tories say a proper funding of healthcare is possible. Germany, for example, spends £23 billion more than Britain on its health service every year. Only a Labour government can rescue the NHS, argues KEN LIVINGSTONE
cartoon
OPINION / 22 December 2017
We must let Donald Trump know he isn’t welcome here
22 December 2017
Any visit to Britain, early next year, by the US president will be opposed by the majority of Britons, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
opinion / 8 December 2017
The Tories have pushed one in five Britons into poverty
8 December 2017
The UK Poverty 2017 report highlights that overall 14 million people live in poverty in Britain — over 20 per cent of the population. This spiralling poverty and ever-increasing use of foodbanks show just how out of touch the Tories have become, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
opinion / 24 November 2017
It’s time to go
24 November 2017
Tory failure to address the most pressing needs of the economy and society makes them unfit for office, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
POLICY / 15 September 2017
We need housing for the many not the few
15 September 2017
The unprecedented rise in homelessness under the Tories is a national scandal, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE
Austerity Britain / 1 September 2017
Tory austerity means our cost-of-living crisis is set to deepen
1 September 2017
The Tory-DUP coalition of chaos is presiding over the slowest-growing economy in the G7, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE