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John McDonnell speaking at PCS conference. Photo: Andy Aitchison

PCS Conference 2026 / 21 May 2026

McDonnell mocks Streeting's Road to Damascus moment at PCS conference

21 May 2026

Displaced Palestinians, carrying their belongings move between southern and northern Gaza along a beach road, in the outskirts of Gaza City, on March 21, 2025

RMT Conference 2025 / 23 June 2025

McDonnell praises workers in Europe for refusing to load ships with weapons bound for Israel

23 June 2025

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to workers during a visit to Glass Futures in St Helens, Merseyside, May 29, 2025

Politics / 29 May 2025

Labour could be lost for good, McDonnell warns as Starmer takes aim at Reform

29 May 2025

John McDonnell. Photo: Andy Aitchison/PCS

PCS Conference 2025 / 22 May 2025

McDonnell calls for second employment rights Bill if current legislation falls short

22 May 2025

Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal raises his

Britain / 21 February 2025

‘If they can prosecute us, no protest is safe’

21 February 2025

Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal denies breaching anti-protest laws

Zarah Sultana MP speaks during a strike rally in Trafalgar S

Britain / 5 February 2025

‘Turns out speaking up for Palestine is still a punishable offence’

5 February 2025

Labour continues suspension of Apsana Begum, Zarah Sultana and John McDonnell

Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South, (centre) on a TSSA pic

Britain / 23 January 2025

Labour likely to try to split rebel MPs, Westminster sources say

23 January 2025

A ‘Stop Heathrow Expansion’ sign on a lamppost on Hollow

Britain / 21 January 2025

Heathrow expansion could spark largest single environmental campaign in British history, MP warns

21 January 2025

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Confederati

Britain / 14 January 2025

Ministers warned to stop the rush to ‘political suicide’

14 January 2025

John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington speaks at

Britain / 13 December 2024

MPs back disability activist calls for public inquiry into DWP deaths

13 December 2024

Palestinian activist Khairi Hanoon walks with the Palestinia

Britain / 3 September 2024

Left MPs demand all military sales to Israel must be banned

3 September 2024

Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s announcement today that it will only block 30 of its 350 arms export licences did not go far enough, the MPs says

PCS conference 2024 / 21 May 2024

Unions must ‘tickle’ Labour into state borrowing within first year of government, McDonnell says

21 May 2024

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer gives a speech at the Natio

Britain / 4 January 2024

Project Hopeless: Starmer ducks change challenge

4 January 2024

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley in conversa

Britain / 8 November 2023

Sunak mustn't ‘interfere’ with Met's decision on pro-Palestinian march, McDonnell says

8 November 2023

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer addresses the Labour Pa

Labour Party Conference 2023 / 8 October 2023

McDonnell vows to fight Sir Keir's bid to scrap local equality officer positions

8 October 2023

John McDonnell praises retiring PCS general secretary Mark S

Britain / 25 May 2023

John McDonnell praises Mark Serwotka as ‘one of the most significant labour movement figures in history’

25 May 2023

Retiring PCS leader lauded for inspiring ‘a radical redirection of the labour movement’

Thousands march through central London to protest against NH

Britain / 12 March 2023

Thousands stand in solidarity with striking NHS workers and demand end to creeping privatisation

12 March 2023

Features / 6 December 2022

The solution is resistance

6 December 2022

Now is the time to be joining demonstrations, occupations and the picket lines writes JOHN MCDONNELL MP

Britain / 28 July 2022

‘An attack on solidarity’

28 July 2022

Trade unions furious with Sir Keir for sacking shadow transport secretary as McDonnell backs growing calls for a general strike

FBU general secretary Matt Wrack (left) and FBU President Ia

FBU Conference 2022 / 12 May 2022

Labour's John McDonnell among first recipients of union's Solidarity medal

12 May 2022

Former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell

Britain / 2 March 2022

McDonnell drops out from speaking at anti-war rally after threats he will lose the party whip

2 March 2022

Supporters watch on a screen, Brazilian President Jair Bolso

Britain / 5 December 2021

Pandemic, inequality and climate change are three crises that call for the end of capitalism, John McDonnell tells Adelante conference

5 December 2021

Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a dem

Britain / 23 May 2021

Sir Keir must restore Labour whip to Corbyn, former shadow chancellor McDonnell

23 May 2021

Ian Gibson, who will be fondly remembered

Features / 11 April 2021

Ian Gibson – a true socialist MP who was devoted to bettering the lives of others

11 April 2021

JEREMY CORBYN, JOHN McDONNELL, ALAN SIMPSON and CLIVE LEWIS pay tribute to one of Labour’s finest

Britain / 19 March 2021

Online show to look back on Labour's ‘difficult’ year during lockdown

19 March 2021

Britain / 19 January 2021

John McDonnell to reveal books and music he finds most inspirational

19 January 2021

Guests to the New Year’s Eve online event will include Jer

Britain / 30 December 2020

Socialists invited to ring in the New Year at virtual party

30 December 2020

Labour Party's Apsana Begum (centre) at the launch of the La

Britain / 27 November 2020

Labour's Apsana Begum warns Westminster’s policies are contributing to rise in Islamophobia

27 November 2020

The Poplar and Limehouse MP wins cross-party support for EDM

David Graeber pictured in Amsterdam in 2015

Britain / 3 September 2020

Anthropologist, author and activist David Graeber dies, aged 59

3 September 2020

Labour leadership candidates Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy

Editorial: / 29 March 2020

We are in a war of words — and Labour needs to get its language clear

29 March 2020

Britain / 26 March 2020

Self-employed relief welcomed but unions and Labour urge it must be rolled out sooner

26 March 2020

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says making people wait till June could be ‘too late for millions’

Sports Direct CEO Mike Ashley leaving the Sports Direct head

Britain / 26 March 2020

Clothing retailers condemned for keeping crowded warehouses in operation

26 March 2020

A demonstrator protests against the government's sick pay al

Britain / 24 March 2020

McDonnell urges Tory Chancellor to throw lifeline for self-employed

24 March 2020

Newly installed Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leav

Britain / 25 February 2020

Chancellor must come clean over links to tax avoiders and tax havens, McDonnell says

25 February 2020

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell outside HMP Belmarsh in Lon

Britain / 20 February 2020

McDonnell visits Assange at Belmarsh ahead of US extradition hearing

20 February 2020

Britain / 27 January 2020

McDonnell says left has failed to keep up with ‘evolution of capitalism’

27 January 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after attending an evenin

Britain / 4 December 2019

Labour unconvinced by Trump's NHS privatisation U-turn

4 December 2019

Shadow chancellor John mcDonnell said the US president has a ‘passing relationship with reality and the truth’

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Scottish Labour leader Richa

Britain / 2 December 2019

Scottish Labour promises radical transformation this Christmas

2 December 2019

Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid (right) and Shadow c

Editorial: / 7 November 2019

Tories make bid to steal Labour’s clothes on public spending

7 November 2019

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell speaks to supporters whilst

General Election ’19 / 7 November 2019

McDonnell vows to create an ‘irreversible shift in power’ outside of London

7 November 2019

Britain / 27 October 2019

Labour's McDonnell welcomes report calling for tougher taxes on multinational companies

27 October 2019

Sajid Javid emerges from behind a blue door at the Tory Part

Tory Party Conference ’19 / 30 September 2019

Javid's plan to increase national living wage ‘will fool nobody,’ says McDonnell

30 September 2019

Labour's shadow chancellor said his Tory counterpart's plan was a ‘pathetic attempt at catch up’

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell alongside Scottish Labour L

Britain / 13 September 2019

Scottish Labour leader promises a ‘democratic renewal’ for Scotland

13 September 2019

Richard Leonard and John McDonnell say abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with a ‘senate of the nations and regions’ could help to reshape the political system

Britain / 12 September 2019

Labour considers implementing 35-hour working week by 2030

12 September 2019

Features / 8 August 2019

Much ado about independence

8 August 2019

In criticising McDonnell’s remarks on a second Scottish independence referendum, a group of Labour candidates are harking back to an outdated British nationalist outlook, says STEPHEN LOW

Britain / 5 August 2019

McDonnell calls for financial investigation into Javid's past

5 August 2019

Students take part in the Scottish Youth Climate Strike, in

Britain / 24 June 2019

Next Labour government will restrict ‘planet-killing’ financial investments, McDonnell says

24 June 2019

Britain / 20 May 2019

McDonnell urges Tory Business Secretary to step in for striking workers

20 May 2019

Britain / 12 May 2019

Labour government would trial universal basic income, McDonnell says

12 May 2019

For the many: A People’s Assembly demonstration against au

Culture / 19 March 2019

Book review: Economics For The Many, edited by John McDonnell

19 March 2019

Left economists outline a future Labour government's platform to radically transform society

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell makes a speech at Bloomberg

Britain / 11 March 2019

Hammond has ‘utterly abdicated’ Chancellor's responsibilities, McDonnell charges

11 March 2019

Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Hammond's Spring Statement will do ‘nothing to relieve the suffering of millions’

Demonstrators gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in

Britain / 11 March 2019

Activists protest against third Heathrow runway as legal challenge begins

11 March 2019

Prime Minister Theresa May leaves the Guildhall in Salisbury

Britain / 4 March 2019

May's plans to inject £1.6bn into poor towns ‘smacks of desperation,’ Labour charges

4 March 2019

Britain / 10 December 2018

Academics, politicians and trade unionists join boycott of UoL's use of outsourced workers

10 December 2018

Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh

Britain / 6 December 2018

Scotland to see ‘biggest transfer in wealth and power’ since WWII under Labour, John McDonnell vows

6 December 2018

Britain / 4 November 2018

McDonnell backs Scottish Labour's decision to have own tax plans

4 November 2018

Britain / 31 October 2018

McDonnell warned against ‘close’ relationship with EU's single market

31 October 2018

Lexit convenor Alex Gordon says such a relationship would ‘neutralise’ Labour’s pledges to renationalise rail, mail and energy

Britain / 30 October 2018

People are ‘crushingly disappointed’ by the Budget, says John McDonnell

30 October 2018

Britain / 12 October 2018

McDonnell: Britain needs a chancellor, not a conjurer

12 October 2018

Britain / 3 October 2018

A parliamentary majority alone is not enough to deliver Labour's radical vision, McDonnell says

3 October 2018

The shadow chancellor tells a packed Marx Memorial Library audience of the need for a mass movement to support the party

WORKERS’ CONTROL: Britain’s largest mechanical puppet, T

Features / 1 October 2018

Is McDonnell’s share plan ‘workers control’?

1 October 2018

The 1977 Bullock Report shows we have been here before: will it work this time, and how radical is it, asks KEITH FLETT

People march in a protest against Brexit in Liverpool yester

Labour Conference 2018 / 24 September 2018

A general election would be ‘the real People's Vote,’ says McDonnell

24 September 2018

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell speaking at the Labour Part

Labour Conference 2018 / 24 September 2018

McDonnell is right to reject a rerun of the EU referendum

24 September 2018

Editorial / 12 September 2018

If we want a people’s government, there needs to be a people’s Brexit

12 September 2018

TUC 2018 / 12 September 2018

Anti-racism demo sees increasing support from unions and public figures

12 September 2018

Features / 11 September 2018

‘It is through engaging with members that enables you to be in touch with the real issues they face’

11 September 2018

JANICE GODRICH talks to the Star about the challenges facing PCS over the pay cap, the importance of bringing about e-balloting and why Corbyn and McDonnell’s union-friendly approach is exciting for the movement

Britain / 11 September 2018

Labour will forge a new workplace environment, says John McDonnell

11 September 2018

PCS and UVW strikers are joined by Labour's shadow Chancello

Britain / 5 September 2018

Striking MOJ cleaners demand an end to ‘poverty wages’

5 September 2018

SAM TOBIN reports from central London

Editorial / 7 August 2018

A timely call from John McDonnell for ‘a new Anti-Nazi League’

7 August 2018

Labour MPs Margaret Hodge (second left), Jess Phillips (thir

Editorial / 25 July 2018

Hodge’s slurs cannot be allowed to stand

25 July 2018

Britain / 23 July 2018

McDonnell takes aim at Tory sluggishness to tackle money laundering

23 July 2018

The Shadow Chancellor says Britain mustn't become ‘a safe haven for dirty money’

TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady (front centre) during

Britain / 5 July 2018

McDonnell: Labour government would implement ‘union rights from day one’

5 July 2018

Greenpeace activists prepare to fly a banner in Parliament S

Environment / 26 June 2018

Councils, environmentalists and London Mayor prepare to take government to court over Heathrow

26 June 2018

Britain / 13 June 2018

Brexit bickering so late in the process brings ‘shame’ on the Tories, John McDonnell says

13 June 2018

Editorial / 30 May 2018

RBS branch sell-off shows the bottom line is all that matters for managers

30 May 2018

Britain / 30 May 2018

Labour calls on Chancellor to intervene in RBS branch closures

30 May 2018

By Lamiat Sabin, Conrad Landin and Peter Lazenby

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell addresses the Marx 200 conf

Editorial / 6 May 2018

McDonnell's willingness to debate Marxism is a shot in the arm for our democracy

6 May 2018

Poverty / 29 April 2018

Labour pledges to cap the cost of consumer debt

29 April 2018

Politics / 22 April 2018

McDonnell makes further call for answers over Lycamobile scandal

22 April 2018

Economy / 19 April 2018

McDonnell offers City bankers a ‘fresh start’

19 April 2018

The Shadow Chancellor said they had a role to play in Labour's radical policymaking but also warned that the party would not be as hands off as previous governments

Britain / 18 March 2018

Oligarch levy will hand Britain £3bn, says Labour

18 March 2018

McDonnell calls for new tax on ‘suspicious wealth’ gained from secret property purchases

Editorial / 13 March 2018

Spreadsheet Phil is devoid of all ideas

13 March 2018

Economics / 13 March 2018

The government will not balance the books by 2025, the OBR reports

13 March 2018

The Budget / 12 March 2018

McDonnell: ‘Hammond must put an end to austerity’

12 March 2018

Scottish Labour Conference / 11 March 2018

McDonnell vows to invest billions in Scotland

11 March 2018

Conrad Landin reports from Dundee

Labour Party / 7 March 2018

McDonnell vows to scrap public-sector pay cap on first day in government

7 March 2018

Britain / 6 March 2018

McDonnell to back civil servant's rally over public sector pay cap

6 March 2018

Britain / 27 February 2018

Tributes paid to trade union stalwart Simeon Andrews

27 February 2018

Features / 22 February 2018

McDonnell v Creasy – who is right?

22 February 2018

Should Labour renationalise PFI projects or levy a windfall tax? SOLOMON HUGHES looks to the Blair years for the answer

Public Ownership / 10 February 2018

‘We'll put Britain's services in the hands of its workers’

10 February 2018

John McDonnell pledges an economic revolution at conference on alternative ownership

Economics / 24 January 2018

Beware, we are coming for you

24 January 2018

John McDonnell issues a warning to the Davos fat cats

Industrial / 11 January 2018

Ritzy Cinema bosses threaten staff with a lockout if they dare to take strike action

11 January 2018

Britain / 10 January 2018

John McDonnell heading to Davos

10 January 2018

A Bentley outside Harrods in Knightsbridge in London

Inequality / 7 January 2018

Britain's richest plot to stash cash away from the reach of a Corbyn government

7 January 2018

According to an investment management company, the super-rich are worried about a ‘hard-left government led by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell’

Britain / 6 October 2017

Leftwinger Leonard welcomes the Star’s Scottish conference

6 October 2017

Britain / 1 August 2017

British Gas fiddling prices with ‘cartel’

1 August 2017

Britain / 19 July 2017

Disability Activists Storm Parliament

19 July 2017

Commons cops try to block disabled people’s rally in Parliament against heartless Tories’ killer cuts

Britain / 18 July 2017

McDonnell takes aim at Hammond over cushy lifestyle

18 July 2017

Britain / 16 July 2017

Labour ‘100% behind strikers’

16 July 2017

Britain / 16 July 2017

Politicians should be held to account for ‘social murder’

16 July 2017

Britain / 11 July 2017

McDonnell urges Tory MPs to back end to 1% pay cap

11 July 2017

Britain / 5 July 2017

Labour mocks May’s defence of 1% pay cap

5 July 2017

Lifting it would bankrupt Britain, PM claims

Britain / 26 June 2017

John McDonnell's impassioned plea to RMT: Come back to Labour

26 June 2017

Britain / 25 June 2017

Grenfell deaths were murder

25 June 2017

McDonnell castigates decisions which led to disaster

Britain / 25 June 2017

Labour made ‘new centre ground’ in the campaign

25 June 2017

Features / 23 June 2017

The Queen’s Speech shows May is weak

23 June 2017

Corbyn, by contrast, leads a Labour Party that is ready to govern in the interests of the many, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE

Britain / 20 June 2017

Tories will continue failed austerity, says McDonnell

20 June 2017

Britain / 18 June 2017

McDonnell tells Hammond: make DUP deal public

18 June 2017

Britain / 14 June 2017

John McDonnell: We’ll use every lever to block Tories’ plans

14 June 2017

Shadow chancellor speaks exclusively to the Morning Star

Features / 14 June 2017

‘A zombie government that cannot legislate’

14 June 2017

Shadow chancellor JOHN McDONNELL talks to the Star’s Conrad Landin about Labour’s post-election strategy

Britain / 13 June 2017

McDonnell’s message to Tories: move aside and let us sort it out

13 June 2017

Unions demand end of pay cap as inflation rises

Britain / 13 June 2017

July 1: Take to the streets to give May the boot

13 June 2017

People’s Assembly sets the date for march on Parliament as McDonnell calls on Brits to force another general election. By Steve Sweeney and Conrad Landin

Britain / 9 June 2017

Cheery McDonnell lays into loser May

9 June 2017

But rival-in-the-wings Johnson refuses to talk to the media

Britain / 4 June 2017

McDonnell lays out VAT plans to help low-income families

4 June 2017

Britain / 23 May 2017

McDonnell and PCS express unity with victims of terror

23 May 2017

Britain / 21 May 2017

McDonnell exposes black hole manifesto

21 May 2017

Where are the costings of Tory proposals?

Britain / 19 May 2017

Tory proposals are ‘savage attacks’

19 May 2017

McDonnell condemns attacks on ‘vulnerable’ older people

Britain / 14 May 2017

Labour: It’s time for the city to pay up

14 May 2017

Robin Hood tax will raise £26 BILLION to give back to the poor

Britain / 7 May 2017

Only richest 5 per cent to shoulder rise in taxes

7 May 2017

Britain / 7 May 2017

McDonnell: Hammond and Marx guide policy

7 May 2017

Britain / 5 May 2017

McDonnell ‘furious’ at CPGB-ML flags

5 May 2017

Britain / 3 May 2017

McDonnell slams latest Tory smears

3 May 2017

Labour dismisses claims of a ‘black hole’ in spending plans

Britain / 2 May 2017

Tory-imposed ‘2 parliaments of pain’

2 May 2017

Britain / 1 May 2017

This is the Left’s Biggest Chance

1 May 2017

McDonnell marks Workers’ Day with call to seize moment and kick the Tories out

Britain / 26 April 2017

McDonnell slams rise in national debt

26 April 2017

Britain / 19 April 2017

Labour ‘will make rich pay their way’

19 April 2017

McDonnell pledges fairer tax system after Tories get chucked

Britain / 14 April 2017

NUT: Schools strike could be only option if funding squeezed

14 April 2017

Britain / 14 April 2017

Tax-dodgers can’t hide from Labour

14 April 2017

McDonnell will make big businesses publish tax returns

Britain / 13 April 2017

McDonnell unveils local bank boost

13 April 2017

Britain / 13 April 2017

McDonnell: Labour will stand up for Britain’s pensioners

13 April 2017

Britain / 9 April 2017

McDonnell ‘could weep’ at state of party infighting

9 April 2017

Britain / 26 March 2017

McDonnell calls on Labour to heal divisions

26 March 2017

Shadow chancellor: Corbyn was set up over EU

Britain / 20 March 2017

Watson told to keep his nose out of Unite leadership race

20 March 2017

Features / 13 March 2017

The Tory economy is built on sand

13 March 2017

Hammond’s Budget has piled more misery on the backs of women and the self-employed, says JOHN McDONNELL

Britain / 9 March 2017

McDonnell set to headline Morning Star conference

9 March 2017

Editorial / 8 March 2017

No respite in Tory budget

8 March 2017

Britain / 8 March 2017

Tories break manifesto with NI contibutions rise

8 March 2017

Britain / 5 March 2017

Hammond’s Budget: more of the same

5 March 2017

Britain / 2 March 2017

We’ll Open Bloated Bosses’ Tax Books

2 March 2017

McDonnell pledges to make millionaires fess up about their tax affairs – and challenges Chancellor to match his policy

Britain / 28 February 2017

Attack on disability benefit branded ‘brutal’ by Labour

28 February 2017

Britain / 28 February 2017

Treasury’s cuts call ‘means 25,000 job losses’

28 February 2017

Britain / 27 February 2017

Blairites’ Soft Coup Plot Uncovered

27 February 2017

McDonnell: Murdoch-backed opposition moves into shadows

Britain / 5 February 2017

McDonnell: Labour will invest in North

5 February 2017

Features / 2 February 2017

Time for Labour to go on the attack

2 February 2017

Though the Establishment has amassed its forces against us, we are many and they are few. JOHN McDONNELL says it’s time for Labour to mobilise

Britain / 27 January 2017

Tories Have ‘Rigged the Economy’

27 January 2017

Labour’s McDonnell hits out at tax regime that is asking less from Britain’s millionaire tycoons – and more from the rest of us

Britain / 22 January 2017

McDonnell pours cold water on Ukip dreams

22 January 2017

Labour ‘is fighting for by-election victories’

Editorial / 22 January 2017

The labour movement must mobilise to fight coming by-elections

22 January 2017

Britain / 19 January 2017

Neoliberals: be nice to quash dissent

19 January 2017

May’s posturing draws derision from Labour

Britain / 10 January 2017

Withdraw plan to cut 170 tax offices, urges McDonnell

10 January 2017

Britain / 3 January 2017

Labour slams Tories’ £5.4bn tax concession to the banks

3 January 2017

Britain / 22 December 2016

Xmas Day workers suffer £3k pay cut

22 December 2016

Ministers told to end ‘Scrooge-like’ public-sector pay cap

Editorial / 24 November 2016

Bashing the poor again

24 November 2016

Features / 23 November 2016

John McDonnell: The people’s chancellor

23 November 2016

The bankruptcy of neoliberal economic policy is clear and this, writes JOHN GREEN, is a rare opportunity for John McDonnell and the Labour Party to take the initiative

Britain / 20 November 2016

Unequal Economy is Causing Rise of Far-Right Menace

20 November 2016

Corbyn takes anti-austerity message to CBI in first formal address

Editorial / 14 November 2016

May tries Trump’s card

14 November 2016

Britain / 14 November 2016

McDonnell lashes out at Hammond – the Bankers' Brexiteer

14 November 2016

Tory infighting stifling workers’ aspirations to take control of our own economy as we leave the EU, Labour No 2 warns