Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
What should a new Ministry of Labour look like?
Labour’s manifesto pledges to create a Ministry of Labour – but what form should it take and what powers should it have?
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
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A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
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THE Labour Party’s manifesto for the 2017 general election contained many provisions for radical labour law reform.
At the heart of these proposals was the plan to introduce a new Ministry of Labour.
This is a recommendation that hit the spot, for rarely can the plan to create a new government department have met with such enthusiasm and expectation.
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