Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
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Sunak’s decision to cut petrol prices rather than to fund public transport or commit to renewable, affordable energy, is just more evidence that we need to take power — in all its forms — into our collective hands, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Petrol pumps at a petrol station in Liverpool
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
PARTYGATE has come back to join the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse chasing the British government. But don’t get too distracted. It is the donkey in the pack.
Boris lied. Well, there’s a surprise. Brexit was a bigger lie. But the Tories won’t dump Boris until bigger stuff starts to hit the electoral fan. It won’t be long.
Another Covid variant will probably kick back in before the end of the year. Before then, the fall out from Putin’s war on Ukraine will have rocked the global economy. A country that used to be a mass exporter of grain has become one that exports people.
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