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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What’s not to like about socialism?
The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs launched Jeremy Corbyn’s successful leadership bid in 2015. Phil Miller talks to one of its newest members, EMMA DENT COAD, about her hopes for the future
Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad with the late Tony Benn
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
“I DON’T know why people are so afraid of socialism,” Emma Dent Coad says calmly. “It will look after your children and grandchildren. Pay more tax, what’s so frightening about that?”
The left-wing Labour MP is talking about her experience of canvassing in Kensington, the Tory stronghold that she snatched in 2017.
“I stole their crown,” she says proudly, reflecting on her historic election victory. Twenty votes tipped the poll in her favour.
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