Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Preparing for Power: how will the next Labour government restore our rights at work?
SAM TOBIN speaks to Institute of Employment Rights director Carolyn Jones and John Hendy QC about shifting the balance of power between employer and employee
Shadow chancellor John McDonell (left) at the launch of the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law with director Carolyn Jones and Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
AS THOUSANDS take to the streets tomorrow to again demand a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s pay, it is tempting to think what we might be doing if last year's election had gone differently.
Labour outperformed all expectations, denied the Tories a widely expected majority and came closer to government than anyone thought possible — though, as Jeremy Corbyn would tell you, not close enough.
If the campaign was just a few weeks longer, we might be marching today celebrating, rather than demanding, a new deal for workers.
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