Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
THE pandemic has revealed just how little the Tories care about children who are being sacrificed on the altar of free market, libertarian ideology.
Loosening restrictions to contain the virus spread will put hundreds of thousands of unvaccinated children under 18 years of age at risk of developing long Covid, serious chronic illness or exposure to new variants.
The data has already established that poor, minority ethnic communities are hardest hit by the pandemic and more clinically vulnerable.
A sharp rise in public-sector investment is required to kick-start the economy, argues MICHAEL BURKE
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty



