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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Refuges should be places where women feel safe – too often they’re not
When funding’s the bottom line, domestic violence refuges lose their people-centred focus, and women suffer as a result, writes EMILY ABBOTT
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
WOMEN’S refuges are difficult places to live — they are usually communal, busy and noisy places which no woman or child would move into by choice.
In women’s refuges support and accommodation often exist under the same roof. Accepting a refuge place means accepting this support in whatever form it might take.
The quality of this support is not a priority for a woman fleeing abuse, safety is. Unlike many other kinds of support service, there is no door to close at the end of the day and not a lot of space to have routines and rhythms of your own, it’s not home.
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