With speculation growing about a Labour leadership contest in 2026, only a decisive break with the current direction – on the economy, foreign policy and migrants – can avert disaster and offer a credible alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
‘The first duty of the Labour Party is to get itself into government’
In the conclusion of an exclusive two-part feature, David Nicholson speaks to MARK DRAKEFORD about education, benefits reform and the prospects of a Starmer government
First minister of Wales Mark Drakeford during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool. Picture date: Monday September 26, 2022.
Repression against left-wing, anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity structures in Germany is increasingly aimed at undermining their economic means of existence, says LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
Decades of centre-left accommodation and deepening inequality have opened the door to a hard-right restoration — posing stark challenges for the left, argues FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Despite systemic racism and far-right hostility, Britain’s migrant and black communities continue to contribute, inspire, and resist. Through education, art, and intergenerational solidarity, the next generation can help shape a future rooted in justice, understanding, and hope, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
JULIA BARD looks at the persistence of anti-semitism on the political right – and its troubling emergence on parts of the left, too
From the mainstreaming of far-right ideas to Europe’s looming conflicts, 2025 has been a year of sharp warnings. The coming year demands decisive action before these crises escalate, writes ANDREW MURRAY
DURING Mark Drakeford’s campaign in 2018 to be elected Welsh Labour leader, he said there was a real correlation between the Brexit vote and the areas of Wales that had been hardest hit by austerity.
I remind the First Minister that pay rates in Wales were 20 per cent lower than in England, higher sickness rates, poorer communities, higher unemployment, a rising number of job losses and a budget worth £900 million less in purchasing power.
I ask him about the decision not to continue providing free meals for children during the summer holiday and how poverty campaigners have said it will mean malnourished children coming back to school in September.
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