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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
WE ALL NEED A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS
Homeless people in Manchester are getting together to campaign for the right to a decent place to live. Northern reporter Peter Lazenby meets them
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
ST ANNE’S Square in Manchester bustles with people — busy shops and cafes, city centre workers hurrying to and from lunch, shoppers.
It is overlooked by St Anne’s church and a statue of one of the city’s fathers. But it is also home to more than 30 homeless people.
They have pitched tents on the square’s stone flags in protest at being homeless and at Manchester City Council’s failure to get to grips with the city’s homelessness problem.
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LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
