Global conflict and a gas-linked pricing system are driving up costs, despite a welcome shift towards renewables, explains MURAD QURESHI
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From HMP Bronzefield, Palestine Action activist AMU GIB talks to Andrew Murray about why they are standing in local elections in north London, and the need to amplify voices that are often unheard
The route to liberation does not lie in waiting for allies or chasing representation for its own sake – it requires consistent political strategy and collective struggle, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Welsh Labour leader ELUNED MORGAN explains how a vote for the party will deliver the progress and continuity the country needs on manufacturing, renewables, creative industries and more
The party’s internal enforcer built his sinister influence in the shadows – but nemesis now appears to be at hand, says ANDREW MURRAY
Britain’s housing crisis is no accident but a political choice, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
THE lunching left has justifiably been in pre-emptive mourning this week at the proposed closure of one of its most iconic hangouts — the Gay Hussar in Soho, London.
Famed as the favourite restaurant of Michael Foot and for many a political plot, the Hussar is adorned with portrait cartoons sketched by the Star’s own Martin Rowson.
He’s one of a number of prominent journalists and lefties behind the Goulash Co-operative, which failed in its attempt to buy out the Hungarian restaurant several years ago — but is now back for a second helping.
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