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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Is it a Fair Cop?
The cynical lack of clarity over Cop29’s financial arrangements suggests that the bill will be footed by poor countries, writes TOM HARDY
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking on day two of the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan
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
RISING sea levels, storms and droughts are not only destroying lives and ecosystems but are also pushing lower-income countries deeper into debt.
Cop29 was expected to address this injustice by urging wealthy nations, the main drivers of the climate crisis, to fund the damages they’ve caused.
The talks aimed to secure at least $1 trillion annually in grants for lower-income countries to manage climate disasters.
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