Peace activists and trade unionists to gather at RAF Fairford to protest against US bombers taking off from Britain to strike Iran

More than 1,500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes this Friday

The Defence Universities Alliance is a bit to co-opt higher education into the wider drive to war — we should resist as earlier generations of scientists did, argue say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

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

The new PM may offer more of the same, but early signs on his housing policies look promising, says GLYNN ROBBINS

PM commits to blowing millions on nukes

Only a publicly run, properly funded system that puts dignity before profit can end decades of market failure, says PAUL DONOVAN

Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON

Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism

‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says

by Alistair Findlay

The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP

Mr Burnham's £2 cap on bus fares welcomed by trade unions

The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY

Waiting for the grander vision to emerge

The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE

The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book

Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO 

Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader

The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum

United Nations experts slam Britain for ‘perpetuating serious human rights violations’

Against the backdrop of the Durham Miners’ Gala, Matt Kerr talks to ANDY McDONALD MP about Labour’s mistakes, Burnham’s leadership and why raising living standards must come first