Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
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Abortion is healthcare – campaigning for decriminalisation
The 1967 Abortion Act always was regarded as a compromise — now is the time to further cement and improve the right to free, safe, legal abortions for all women, argues ANN HENDERSON
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Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
General Federation of Trade Unions president and bakers’ union general secretary, SARAH WOOLLEY, guides us through the GFTU’s Summer School happening this week at Quorn Grange Hotel
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
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
LAST WEEK representatives of Abortion Rights Scotland, Engender, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) and a number of other organisations met the Scottish government minister for women’s health and public health to discuss taking forward the First Minister’s commitment “to exploring a review of the law on abortion to ensure that it is first and foremost a healthcare matter.”
The Scotland Act 2016 devolved responsibility for abortion law to the Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish Parliament already had full responsibility for delivery of abortion care services, which have remained within the remit of NHS Scotland, framed by the 1967 Abortion Act.
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