While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
AS shadow secretary of state for justice, I have seen how well Carillion bosses have done out of our prisons system. Sadly, our prisons system hasn’t done too well out of Carillion. In just over two years, the Conservative government has given almost £100 million to Carillion to maintain our prisons.
Prison governors are among those who repeatedly complained about Carillion’s failures in prison maintenance.
The situation became so bad that in September 2016 even the then Conservative prisons minister Sam Gyimah commented: “I am particularly concerned about the rate of repairs in our prisons,” going on to say that “Carillion is one company that has a contract and receives public funds to perform such work, and I have not been impressed by what I have heard about its response speed.”
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP


