IAN LAVERY MP says an immediate focus on raising wages and reducing costs must be part of a strategy to show Labour can deliver for workers again
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Labour is developing the strategies to address the challenges Derby faces
Derby council Labour group leader LISA ELDRET looks ahead to the local elections on May 2
Friedrich Merz’s call for a new Plaza Accord ignores how Washington’s 1985 currency ambush destroyed Japan without fixing US deficits — China, a sovereign socialist state with 1.4 billion consumers, cannot be bullied the same way, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
World Peace Council president PALLAB SENGUPTA assesses the challenges facing the international peace movement and sends greetings to the Liberation AGM
KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
LABOUR losing control of Derby City Council in May last year was devastating for local councillors, members and activists.
During our six years in charge of the council we had faced massive funding cuts, combined with increasing demand for services driven by Tory austerity.
This meant having to make tough and often unpopular decisions to balance budgets and protect our most vulnerable residents.
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