How can we claim to be human while our countries still support and defend the massacres in Palestine, asks HUGH LANNING
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Labour must make a firm commitment to public-sector pay
We need to be clear that any Labour government will bring public-sector pay back to pre-austerity levels and in line with inflation, writes BETH WINTER MP
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) on the picket line outside HMRC in East Kilbride during a strike in the long-running civil service dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, May 10, 2023
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
This year will see a new north-east commemoration – in Sunderland – where all are welcome to join us in tribute to those who died defending democracy in the Spanish civil war, says TONY FOX
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT delve into the technicalities of famine classification to reveal a worldview in tatters
Westminster has been forced to pay out millions over a fire started by a soldier in 2021, opening a new chapter in accountability, writes NICHOLAS KOMU
AS Labour’s conference takes place in Liverpool, it comes on the back of an increasingly divided and extreme Conservative conference, and a stunning by-election win taking a seat from the SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton.
With that win confirming Labour’s polling lead, it is increasingly likely that Labour will be in a strong position to win a majority government at the next election.
The opportunity that a majority government will bring is the chance to heal the austerity attacks on our public services and assaults on people’s pay over the last 13 years.
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In a heartfelt resignation statement, the former Cynon Valley MP explains why, as a socialist, she cannot remain part of the Labour Party
Keir Hardie showed that left-wing politicians are not there to mediate struggles with the bosses in the hope of moderate improvements, but to fight for, and from inside, the working class, writes BETH WINTER MP
BETH WINTER MP on the priorities for Welsh Labour conference this weekend
Cynon Valley MP BETH WINTER says working-class people have had enough – and resistance to the Conservatives is growing
