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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We reject Labour’s hollow vision for Wales
As the Starmer regime parachutes in disconnected candidates and offers little more than hot air, Plaid Cymru is mounting a real challenge to the decades of decay and decline forced on us by Westminster, writes LUKE FLETCHER MS
Sir Keir Starmer speaks at the launch of Labour's six steps for change in Wales at the Priory Centre in Abergavenny, while on the General Election campaign trail, May 30, 2024
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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
IT has been just over a fortnight since we witnessed Rishi Sunak slogging through a downpour to declare a general election.
After a less-than-inspiring speech about his government’s achievements and election promises, Sunak returned to No 10 looking like he’d just lost a fight with a garden hose.
By the reckoning of the Establishment consensus, this will likely be the soggy end to a sorry Tory saga.
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