Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
Lifting the bankers’ bonus cap is an insult to the British people
How can it be justified to hand yet more riches to the already wealthy while poverty and foodbank use among ordinary people are on the rise, asks JON TRICKETT MP
PM Rishi Sunak
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
The Labour Growth Group and its think tank partner, the Good Growth Foundation, have taken funding from major lobbying firms linked to housebuilders, banks and Heathrow – raising questions about corporate influence at the heart of Starmer’s pro-growth project. SOLOMON HUGHES reports
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
A Vatican photo-op, a hard-right donor and a rhetoric of mass deportations reveal how appeals to ‘Christian values’ are being reshaped by Reform and Tory MPs, says SOLOMON HUGHES
BERTOLT BRECHT once remarked that if you want to make money, you would be better off owning a bank rather than robbing one.
As recent weeks have shown, banks hold enormous power in our society.
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-budget announced a series of mistaken policy shifts that sparked a response from financial markets that ultimately brought them down.
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