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Don’t be fooled: austerity is here to stay under Labour
Everything we’ve seen so far from Starmer and Reeves indicates that they remain committed to the economic orthodoxy of cuts imposed by the Tories – which is why we need to revitalise the anti-austerity movement, says BEN SELLERS of the People’s Assembly
JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative
With the centenary of the UN Slavery Convention upon us, ROGER McKENZIE argues much needs to be done to rid us of all its contemporary manifestations
SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
THERE will be few surprises when Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first Budget today. In these days of carefully scripted media management, almost everything is leaked ahead of the Budget speech. Nor should socialists be surprised at Labour’s trajectory. It’s not like they’ve been hiding it.
The Labour leadership has been bending over backwards to prepare the ground for more pain, amid so-called “tough choices,” while making noises about “preventing austerity” with a sleight of hand that no-one who cares about public services, poverty and the welfare of our communities should be fooled by.
No-one is preventing austerity. Austerity never went away, and it is still with us under Labour. By sticking with their fiscal rules, the government is guaranteeing further austerity cuts and the decimation of our council services, mental health support, libraries, and arts provision — just to name a few.
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