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 government introduced a new £500 emergency payment to help low-paid people who must self-isolate over Covid-19.
But in a sign of both the government’s lack of control and its mixed-up, discriminatory immigration system, ministers admitted they do not know if hundreds of thousands of migrants can apply for the self-isolation payment.
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle pressed the government on this key issue and found that they, quite literally, do not know what they are doing.
Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
ROGER McKENZIE calls for greater support from trade unionists and the general public for female workers involved in industrial disputes
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING



