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Anthony Wedgwood Benn with his wife after the Election Court sitting at the Law Courts, which decided that Benn has succeeded to the title of Lord Stansgate and is therefore disqualified from the House of Commons
Tony Benn / 9 August 2026
9 August 2026

Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD

Hinkley Point C
Serialisation / 9 August 2026
9 August 2026

In the second of a four-part serialisation from her new book No to Nuclear, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER highlights how the industry is searching for ways to preserve its relevance

Andy Burnham
Cost of living / 9 August 2026
9 August 2026

The real welfare dependency is at the top of our society, says ALAN SIMPSON

Harry Dobson and the plaque in his memory / Pics: Author supplied
Plaque commemoration / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

GUTO DAVIES reports on a placing of a third commemorative plaque in Tonypandy in remembrance of left-wing militancy

Kew Gardens
Gardening / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips

Abhijeet Dipke, third right, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, speaks after India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following nationwide protests as part of his party's ongoing protest movement in New Delhi, India
Mass protests / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY

Sheikh Hasina
Features / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout

 LAURA DOEL
Union fightback / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL

Comrades Gordon and Douglas with Cuban health officials
Cuba / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island

Raising hopes: Andy Burnham’s entry to No 10 was followed by Labour’s Bev Craig sweeping the board in Manchester
Features / 7 August 2026
7 August 2026

Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency

STARMER’S CUTS MAN: Alan Milburn at a presentation of his interim Report into Young People and Work, at West Library Youth Employment Hub, north London, May 28 2026
Diane Abbott / 6 August 2026
6 August 2026

As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking, argues DIANE ABBOTT

PAWNS IN A POLITICAL GAME: Migrants who crossed into Spain from Morocco sleep on a Ceuta beach, August 3 2026
Features / 6 August 2026
6 August 2026

CARLOS MARTINEZ shows how EU, Israel and US shenanigans were used in an attempt to destabilise Spain’s mildly socialist government