Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Resolving the local government and housing crises: an open letter to Labour
The Labour Campaign for Council Housing is calling for support for an open letter on resolving the local government and housing crisis, writes MARTIN WICKS
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Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
WITHOUT a break from austerity the housing crisis will not be resolved. With a general election not far away and local government finances spiralling out of control, the question is posed of whether a Labour government will come to the rescue of local authorities or continue with austerity.
The Guardian editorial on the government’s Autumn Statement was right when it said that the next government “has either to repudiate Jeremy Hunt’s disastrous cuts or enact them.” The statement built-in austerity to pay for National Insurance cuts.
Media reports suggested that the Labour leadership had yet to decide whether or not to stick to Tory spending plans, as New Labour did in 1997.
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