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?
AROUND 8.4 million Britons struggle to get enough to eat, according to the latest figures from the UN, which puts the UK on a par with countries like Latvia and Hungary.
This state of affairs is called food insecurity and it has been on the increase since the 2008 financial crisis and the decade of austerity that followed.
But in the last year, Covid-19 has made things worse. Because of the pandemic, more people than ever simply do not have enough to eat.
Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government



