Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
John Guest is an example we need to follow today
JON TRICKETT MP looks back at the history of the early Labour Party, where working-class people took to Parliament only to represent the communities where they lived and died, without concern for their careers or personal enrichment
The Yorkshire working class is rooted in the coal mining industry
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
THIS week is the anniversary date of the first general election after the end of World War I.
There is much to learn from that period about the death of an old party — the Liberals — and the growing strength of Labour as an electoral force.
The first woman to be elected to the House of Commons was returned that day, though she never took up her seat.
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