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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
Housing crisis of our making blamed on foreigners too
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
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
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
HaiL fellows and well met! As silly season continues to grind on with all the alacrity of a seized engine with sugar in the tank the serried ranks of the fourth estate are, once more, seeking to outdo each other with the most sensationalist takes on the completely bleeding obvious.
If they can’t find an Olympic angle they manufacture one or, as has been the case this week, rummage through the old story slush pile to see if there’s anything they can put a fresh spin on.
Take this for example: “Foreign billionaires buying up hundreds of millions of pounds worth of property in London only to let it lie empty.”
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