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’