Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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‘It’s a massive scandal just waiting to break’
Rape and sexual abuse of vulnerable care home patients is rife. Change in culture, policy and the introduction of proper oversight are urgently needed, writes Dr EM
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
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 need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
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
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
ABUSE is prevalent in residential care settings, mental health wards and where vulnerable individuals require care in their homes.
Vulnerable women don’t stand a chance in a system which enables predators and looks the other way.
The problem of men using care careers in order to access and rape vulnerable women is so widespread that the Westminster government recognises it specifically in sexual offences legislation.
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