Labour
The Trussell Trust calls on NI executive to act on hunger after 35,000 emergency food parcels were distributed across the six counties
Downing Street accepts ‘clear risk’ that fighter jet parts sold to Israel could be used to violate international humanitarian law, High Court hears
Government urged to put ‘clear distance between it and the cruel, wasteful camps policy held by the previous one’
RICHARD BURGON MP argues that the re-election of Donald Trump is a clear warning to the Labour government to prioritise boosting living standards.
Genocide, racism and imperialism are in the Labour Party’s DNA, argues TOM SYKES
RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH condemns Labour’s £75m border security plan as deaths in Channel reach record highs, arguing that instead, Britain should reopen safe, legal routes for migrants
Campaigners urge Labour to invest in NHS to tackle rising levels of long-term illness
In the first of two articles, ROBERT GRIFFITHS argues that despite a parliamentary majority, Labour’s timid Budget fails to seize a historic opportunity and lacks the ambition needed to address Britain’s deep social and economic crises
But general secretary Roz Foyer says decision to keep two-child cap and winter fuel payment are ‘especially disappointing’
‘Labour’s plans to spend more on the NHS, schools and housing welcome. But budget falls far short of what a real government for workers should do’
Everything we’ve seen so far from Starmer and Reeves indicates that they remain committed to the economic orthodoxy of cuts imposed by the Tories – which is why we need to revitalise the anti-austerity movement, says BEN SELLERS of the People’s Assembly
In the run-up to the Budget there’s been much talk of ‘modern supply-side economics’ – but this latest ruse is merely another means to facilitate the rapacity of contemporary capitalism, warns VINCE MILLS
The infamous forged missive exposed how the Establishment worked to discredit Labour despite its loudly declared anti-communist stance, writes MARY DAVIS, analysing the 1924 government’s destruction
Many are no longer in the party, others excoriate the new Labour government’s capitalist and discriminatory policies, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Raising capital gains tax to match income tax is not only economically sound but morally just, potentially raising billions for public services — it’s an absolute no-brainer for any Labour government, argues BERNIE EVANS
KEITH FLETT reflects on the 1964 and 1974 election victories, arguing that despite years in power, Labour failed to fundamentally reshape society in the way Thatcher later would — a pattern Blair and now Starmer would follow
Labour’s long-awaited Employment Rights Bill does not do nearly enough to remove the restraints on trade unions or to give them the powers they need to make a significant difference to the lives of the millions of workers, write KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Jonathan Reynolds’ appearance at a Starling Bank-sponsored event speaks volumes about Labour’s attitude to financial regulation, as the bank faces criticism over Covid loan fraud and money laundering failures, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Unite's Sharon Graham says the Bill fails to end zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire
Labour excuses not to introduce wealth tax ‘absolute rubbish,’ says Unite leader Sharon Graham
In light of its retreat on green investment, DIANE ABBOTT MP dissects Labour’s economic priorities, questioning whether the promised ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ will materialise amid signs of continued cuts and massive spending on war
The government’s quick-fix solution to prison overcrowding is backfiring spectacularly, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS
National Pensioners Convention general secretary JAN SHORTT says Rachel Reeves must drop her dangerous attack on Britain's pensioners
DAVID ROSENBERG assesses the far-right threat in the wake of the summer's Islamophobic pogroms and asks what lessons we can learn from the 1930s
Labour’s refusal to challenge banking profits or tax the rich exposes its painfully hollow rhetoric of ‘tough choices,’ while the trousering of freebies and schmoozing the gambling industry undermines its basic integrity, argues BERNIE EVANS
Starmer accused of hypocrisy for quickly condemning Iran’s missile attack on Israel, but not condeming Israel’s genocide in Gaza, strikes on the Iranian embassy, or attacks on civilians in Lebanon
The lack of serious debate on electoral weakness and key policy issues only made the disconnect between the leadership’s austerity agenda and the concerns of the party’s rank-and-file more blatant, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Unwanted, imposed Tory interventions on Scotland fuelled demands for devolution, and today Labour risks repeating past mistakes if Ian Murray seeks to bypass Holyrood on spending, warns PAULINE BRYAN
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER argues the former Labour leader’s invitation to the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum, the nation's first Jewish president, contrasted with Starmer’s absence, exposes the hollow nature of the infamous smears
Despite being roundly criticised by Labour shadow ministers when in opposition, the notorious outsourcing company appears to be back in the party fold and expecting further lucrative government contracts, SOLOMON HUGHES reports
In a fringe speech for the Labour & Palestine campaign group, MATT WILLGRESS contrasts the government’s inaction with the TUC’s demands, calling for recognition of Palestine, an arms embargo and concrete steps to hold Israel accountable
In a speech to the party conference, outgoing TUC president MATT WRACK celebrates Labour’s return to power, arguing the movement must now push for a radical shift in Britain’s power balance away from the billionaire class
Delegates defy Starmer by voting to reject the callous cut to pensioners’ winter fuel allowance after Unite chief's barn-storming speech
MATT WRACK outlines the FBU’s motion to the Labour Party conference, urging an overhaul of safety regulations, an end to privatisation, and preparation for the extreme weather events threatening public safety
With a lack of radical thinking from the Starmer-led UK government, support for Scottish independence is unlikely to evaporate any time soon – spelling trouble ahead for Anas Sarwar, argues PAULINE BRYAN
JOHN McINALLY warns that Labour’s hasty push for legislation ignores the international evidence of expanding eligibility criteria, potentially normalising the ‘social murder’ of working-class people under the guise of compassion
We publish here a speech delivered by BEN CHACKO to the Viva Cuba rally at Labour conference last night
MICK WHITLEY recounts the 1984 shipyard occupation that led to Britain’s largest jailing of trade unionists and urges Labour to address this historic injustice 40 years on
RICHARD BURGON MP, who voted against the cut to winter fuel allowance, warns against a return to austerity, introducing his ideas that could raise billions to properly fund public services and boost wages instead
The Prime Minister’s reckless stance on long-range missiles and uncritical support for Israel threaten to escalate conflicts, warns Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament general secretary KATE HUDSON
‘The fiscal rules are a noose around our neck,’ Unite's SHARON GRAHAM tells the Morning Star – it's time to tax the rich
CEO of Care4Calais STEVE SMITH argues party members should demand their government abandon failed deterrence strategies and embrace safe routes for asylum-seekers, prioritising compassion over pandering to the right
Delegates to vote on government’s cruel cut to winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners
The government mantra that ‘things will only get worse’ is almost designed to fuel the far right – and grim warnings from Europe suggest Britain’s future direction of travel too, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
Ministers accused of criminal liability over F-35 exports
IAN LAVERY MP looks at the first months of Labour government and warns a new approach is needed if it is to reshape Britain
Labour must recognise Israel’s true aims of total colonisation of Palestine and massive regional expansion — and therefore end the arms sales and trade deals that enable the destruction of any two-state solution, writes HUGH LANNING
SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how one of the organisations shaping Labour’s investment plans was created by Tories and bankers, looking like a slightly green-flecked PFI vehicle instead of a body for proper investment
JON TRICKETT MP says the tools already exist to stop price-gouging by the energy fat cats
The new decision to approve a medical waste facility near St Ives, over-riding two years of community opposition and ignoring serious ecological concerns, exposes Labour’s hollow rhetoric on the environment, writes SIMON BRIGNELL
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports on speakers highlighting global conflicts, from Gaza to Manipur, as Jeremy Corbyn’s initiative gathers leading lights of the left to grapple with Britain’s progressive political future
As Keir Starmer alienates his party’s core voters and plummets in the polls, ANDREW MURRAY argues the shifting political landscape exposes Labour’s vulnerability to both right-wing populism — and a resurgent left
KEITH FLETT draws parallels with the 1834 Tory crisis, noting the absence of modern-day Robert Peel among the leadership contenders capable of reinventing the party for a new era
Call comes as Sir Keir says he is ‘very interested’ to learn how Italy's far-right Prime Minister Georgia Meloni lowered migrant boat arrivals
North Sea oil and gas licences may be ruled unlawful after High Court bans new coalmine
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how rolling stock companies like Angel Trains will continue milking taxpayers for billions even after renationalisation, as Canadian pension funds and Texan oil billionaires cash in on our daily commutes
However, unions, professionals, and other parties say extra investment in the NHS is urgent
MAT COWARD resurrects the radical spirit of early Labour’s overlooked matriarch, whose tireless activism and financial support laid the foundations for the party’s early success
Union figures weigh in on Starmer's government at Morning Star's TUC fringe event
Aslef general secretary MICK WHELAN writes for the Morning Star on the eve of the TUC in Brighton, about the pay offer from the DfT, relations with the Labour government, and the union’s motion at Congress calling for the renationalisation of rail freight
From a progressive transport agenda, to public spending, investment and sectoral collective bargaining, our union wants to see the long-overdue improvements that workers need and deserve, says MICK LYNCH
SOLOMON HUGHES exposes how executives behind lethal cladding have pocketed £302 million since the tragedy, as Labour frontbenchers continue to schmooze at luxury conferences funded and organised by implicated firms
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER condemns Starmer’s willingness to let children go hungry and the elderly shiver while pouring billions into doomed nuclear projects that won’t address the climate crisis
When there are more landlords in Parliament on the Labour benches than the Tories', whatever happens to her portrait, Thatcher is having the last laugh, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s announcement today that it will only block 30 of its 350 arms export licences did not go far enough, the MPs says
MARTIN SMITH says unions must be proactive if Labour's promises are to be turned into tangible gains for workers
Plans to change the law to give the Scottish Secretary of State powers to bypass the Scottish Parliament to directly fund ‘anti-poverty schemes’ could provoke an unwelcome crisis for Anas Sarwar, argues VINCE MILLS
Age UK warns that two million pensioners could be in serious trouble this winter
Left MPs and trade unionists accuse Sir Keir of choosing austerity, pain and poverty instead of taxing the super-rich
Starmer slammed for ‘not say a word about the building safety crisis since he became prime minister’
Campaigners warn Labour is ‘repeating the mistakes of the last government’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham calls for wealth tax
The PM’s lack of any meaningful comment on the wave of far-right violence to sweep Britain is remarkable – and is linked to his reluctance to show solidarity with targeted Muslim communities, says ANDREW MURRAY
TUC finds dozens of vacancies offering less than £11.44 per hour posted on major job sites
by Ceren Sagir
Social affairs reporter
by Our News Desk
Stripped of their industrial muscle and left at the mercy of ministers and management, prison officers have been pushed way beyond breaking point, warns STEVE GILLAN
DIANE ABBOTT MP warns that recent far-right riots are part of a long-term trend — the labour movement must now unite in defending vulnerable communities and confronting the root causes of extremism
Unions say politicians and media bear ‘share of responsibility’ as riots sweep Britain’s streets
JOHN ELLISON looks back at the Wilson government’s early months, detailing how left-wing manifesto commitments were diluted, and the challenges faced by Tony Benn in implementing socialist policies
Campaigners accuse Chancellor Rachael Reeves of prolonging the era of austerity after heralding in a new raft of cuts
As Starmer hints at closer ties, MARTIN HALL warns of the dangers of creeping alignment and calls for a renewed socialist case for independence from Brussels, especially over the EU’s constraints on economic planning
It is impossible to ignore the huge flaws in our unelected second chamber — yet despite Labour’s promises of consultation, PAULINE BRYAN argues that it is falling short of doing what’s needed to safeguard democracy
Unacceptable for one of world’s wealthiest nations to fuel child poverty, campaigners charge
Cobryn's Peace & Justice Project says decision not to pursue inquiry is a ‘deeply disappointing and shameful indictment of how media barons can influence the government’
UCU general secretary Jo Grady welcomes the move but says recruiting more college teachers will be essential to Skills England's success
National Education Union general secretary DANIEL KEBEDE talks to Ben Chacko about the crisis in education, the need for fair pay and how to see off the threat of Farage
Action for justice is needed as there are currently 3,000 prisoners behind bars under ‘Imprisonment for Public Protection,’ even though this type of sentence was abolished in 2012, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
As Starmer takes office, LINDA BURNIP outlines the urgent challenges facing disabled people after years of austerity and explains why DPAC are already taking action
Professor Keith Ewing and Lord John Hendy KC examine the new deal for workers outlined in the King's Speech and what should follow it
In a bittersweet farewell to the heights of the Corbyn era, ISAAC KNEEBONE-HOPKINS celebrates the festival's success in blending serious debate with hedonistic energy while acknowledging the need for deeper grassroots engagement
After Scottish Labour’s success in the polls, VINCE MILLS calls for bold devolution of immigration and borrowing powers to tackle Scotland’s economic challenges — and outflank the SNP
DOUG NICHOLLS, chair of the think tank Rebuild Britain, encourages creative engagement with the new government on economic matters particularly
From bankers’ bonuses to tax avoidance and personally trousering thousands in expenses before they even got to power, Labour’s current incarnation doesn’t fill BERNIE EVANS with hope
Durham Miners' Association president STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the miners’ strikes consequences today, his hopes for the new Labour government — and the sorry saga of Luke Akehurst
JOHN McINALLY calls for militant trade unionism and overt socialist politics to counter the new government’s pro-capitalist agenda and a looming authoritarian turn that threatens to muzzle working-class resistance
Former miner and Labour MP IAN LAVERY reflects on how to regain trust and offer hope as we celebrate the Durham Miners' Gala
As she returns to Westminster, REBECCA LONG BAILEY MP calls on the new government to scrap the two-child benefit cap immediately to ease families’ financial strain that she sees in Salford
MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, writes for the Morning Star as union activists prepare to march through Durham today in a display of working-class solidarity at the 138th Durham Miners’ Gala
Labour cannot afford ‘business as usual,’ or we risk a Farage-led right resurgence — from nationalisation to climate action, the public wants progressive policies, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
The pressure is now on the government to deliver its promises, and that pressure is not just from the unions, but from a working class that will look to the right if things under Labour don’t markedly improve, writes STEVE GILLAN
Minister admits risk of Russian retaliation for missiles supplied to Ukraine
Taylor Wimpey’s eye-watering profits expose Labour’s ‘affordable homes’ plan as a joke. Cushy incentives for private sharks won’t build houses – just bigger exec bonuses, warns SOLOMON HUGHES
The Durham Miners' Association leader speaks to Ben Chacko about the election result and the far-right menace that can only be defeated by fixing broken Britain
As Starmer claims Downing Street with a whimper, not a roar, his party’s dwindling membership and anaemic vote share lay bare the crisis of representation, writes PETER KENWORTHY in the last of his four-part series on the election
However, economist says Chancellor Rachel Reeves's plans are ‘nothing more than a private equity fund being set up with state backing’
In the third of his four-part series on the general election, PETER KENWORTHY looks at Keir Starmer's moves to shift Labour right, and how some independent candidates used that to challenge the party
ANDREW MURRAY looks at Labour's shifting fortunes, the left as it stands in the new parliament and the likely character of the Starmer government
by Radhika Desai, Alan Freeman and Carlos Martinez
From nationalising public services, taxes on the rich, dropping tuition fees to green investment, the new PM’s abandoned promises raise doubts about Labour’s real commitment to its promises for ‘change,’ writes PETER KENWORTHY
Communist Party leader ROBERT GRIFFITHS dissects the election results, looking at all of the political spectrum, from the hard right to the far left, and assesses the political landscape it reveals
As Labour takes control across Britain, the SNP’s progressive policies have set a benchmark for Starmer in many areas, while nuclear disarmament remains a key issue Labour neglects, writes BILL KIDD MSP
Labour leader Sir Keir will reportedly delay recognising the Palestinian state to appease the US
KEITH FLETT offers some historical context to the election campaign’s final period
Beating Farage at the ballot box should be a top priority for the labour movement, argues CHARLEY ALLAN
ANDREW MURRAY visits Nigel Farage’s target constituency and wonders what it is about the seaside town that has put it in Reform UK’s sights
Unite calls on steel company to negotiate rather than issue threats to slash jobs
BEN SELLERS explains why Britain needs a People’s Charter now
In light of the mass movement in solidarity with Gaza, there is a simple metric to assess whether a Labour candidate deserves your support on July 4, explains ANDREW MURRAY
RMT leader MICK LYNCH talks to Elizabeth Short about why Starmer needs to fulfil promises to scrap anti-strike laws and renationalise rail, and laments the lack of a transformative green new deal to create jobs and tackle the climate crisis
