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John McDonnell
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
Labour leader Keir Starmer
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
Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell
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
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell
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
Chancellor Sajid Javid
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
Tory Business Secretary Greg Clark
Britain / 20 May 2019
McDonnell urges Tory Business Secretary to step in for striking workers
20 May 2019
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
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
University of London's Senate House
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
John McDonnell
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
Banksy's Brexit
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
Labour's John McDonnell
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
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
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
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
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
The Bank of England
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
Chancellor Philip Hammond
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
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell
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
Windfall tax: Stella Creasy
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
Features / 11 November 2016
Austerity is a political choice not an economic necessity
11 November 2016
The Tory government is sticking to plans for more austerity, no matter what the economic or human consequences, writes Ken Livingstone
Britain / 2 November 2016
McDonnell attacks new tax cuts for rich
2 November 2016
Shadow chancellor calls on government to prioritise less well off
Editorial / 27 October 2016
Brexit needs a proper plan
27 October 2016
Britain / 27 October 2016
Labour ‘will fight for a People’s Brexit’
27 October 2016
McDonnell lays into Tory plans for a Brexit to suit City bankers
Britain / 25 October 2016
May clears path for third runway
25 October 2016
Campaigners see red but unions welcome green light for Heathrow expansion
Editorial / 23 October 2016
Labour right still in denial
23 October 2016
Britain / 23 October 2016
Left lays out plans to tackle austerity
23 October 2016
Activists put heads together to provide alternative to Tory cuts
Features / 21 October 2016
Tories can only offer a race to the bottom
21 October 2016
Brexit is dividing the Tories. It’s time for Labour to press the government to make sure any deal delivers for the workers, writes JOHN McDONNELL
Britain / 11 October 2016
EU market access ‘vital’ for car industry
11 October 2016
Britain / 7 October 2016
Economy ‘facing challenges’ as pound slumps to new low
7 October 2016
Editorial / 30 August 2016
Why honour tax exiles?
30 August 2016
Britain / 29 August 2016
No gongs for tax exiles like Branson, says McDonnell
29 August 2016
Britain / 17 August 2016
Charity calls for action to tackle global tax avoiders
17 August 2016
Britain / 3 August 2016
Post-Brexit inaction ‘risks new recession’
3 August 2016
McDonnell sounds alarm as studies point to faltering growth
Britain / 25 July 2016
McDonnell: A few MPs are prepared to destroy this party
25 July 2016
Britain / 19 July 2016
IMF slashes forecast for growth after Brexit vote
19 July 2016
Britain / 18 July 2016
Labour promises to rescue communities and industry
18 July 2016
Features / 18 July 2016
‘Saving Labour’ one dirty trick at a time
18 July 2016
With coup-plotters busy bringing the party into disrepute, Corbynistas are being asked to pay a high price, writes CHARLEY ALLAN
Britain / 12 July 2016
Miami Five receive warm welcome in Parliament
12 July 2016
Britain / 12 July 2016
Osborne ‘intervened’ in HSBC probe
12 July 2016
Britain / 4 July 2016
Tax Haven Britain
4 July 2016
‘Lame-duck’ Osborne sets out plans to cut corporation tax to 15 per cent
Britain / 3 July 2016
McDonnell won’t rule out calling for trial of Tony Blair
3 July 2016
Britain / 1 July 2016
McDonnell predicts challenge is near
1 July 2016
Editorial / 1 July 2016
McDonnell’s on the money
1 July 2016
Features / 30 June 2016
Jeremy has stood by victimised workers time and again – now we’ll stand by him
30 June 2016
Unlike the Blairites, Corbyn and McDonnell have a long history of defending trade unionists in struggle. In their hour of need we must decide whose side we are on, says DAVE SMITH
Britain / 28 June 2016
New manifesto calls for penalising blacklisting bosses
28 June 2016
Britain / 26 June 2016
Corbyn: We won’t leave any of our heartlands behind
26 June 2016
Britain / 24 June 2016
‘No need’ for new austerity Budget
24 June 2016
Britain / 19 June 2016
Aid denied
19 June 2016
Protesters besiege French embassy after police cause Chaos by blocking Calais convoy
Britain / 16 June 2016
Right-wing Outers ‘damage capitalism more than SWP has’
16 June 2016
Britain / 14 June 2016
Bfawu Conference: McDonnell vows to reverse Tory attack on trade unions
14 June 2016
Britain / 14 June 2016
Shadow chancellor will join Calais refugee aid convoy
14 June 2016
Britain / 12 June 2016
McDonnell first shadow chancellor at NPC event
12 June 2016
Britain / 6 June 2016
GMB Conference: Union pushes for basic income to replace benefits
6 June 2016
Britain / 30 May 2016
McDonnell: No toxic Tory tactics for us
30 May 2016
Labour ‘will put positive case’ for remaining in EU
Britain / 30 May 2016
Democratic EU is ‘vital’
30 May 2016
McDonnell lauds the ‘left opportunity’ of Camp Remain
Britain / 27 May 2016
Remain activists rally for ‘another’ Europe
27 May 2016
McDonnell and Lucas speak at event calling on Britain to vote In
Britain / 25 May 2016
PCS Conference: Labour set to probe City slicker deals
25 May 2016
Britain / 25 May 2016
Lecturers defy pay insult
25 May 2016
UCU members walk out on strike across Britain over measly offer
Britain / 24 May 2016
IFS claims Leave vote will prolong austerity cuts
24 May 2016
Features / 23 May 2016
Now is the time
23 May 2016
We are under a ferocious political attack from a fiercely anti-union Tory government, so it is in our members’ best interests for Corbyn and McDonnell to succeed, writes MARK SERWOTKA
Britain / 23 May 2016
PM: Recession not Labour’s fault after all
23 May 2016
Cameron slips up during pro-EU campaign talk
Editorial / 22 May 2016
New Economy clears the air
22 May 2016
Britain / 22 May 2016
Labour ‘will be more radical than Attlee’
22 May 2016
McDonnell: We’ll clear way for a new society
Britain / 20 May 2016
‘We will keep pushing the Tories back until we win’
20 May 2016
Britain / 19 May 2016
Ucatt Conference - McDonnell: Councils must ditch contract work and think big
19 May 2016
Editorial / 17 May 2016
Muddled thinking on the EU
17 May 2016
Britain / 17 May 2016
McDonnell: Labour task to boot out ‘project fear’
17 May 2016
But letter reveals PM Cameron’s bid to whip up big-business scare stories
Britain / 13 May 2016
ONS squashes Osborne’s building boom boasts
13 May 2016
Britain / 11 May 2016
John McDonnell urges tax avoidance inquiry
11 May 2016
Britain / 6 May 2016
Corbyn critics told: Put up or shut up
6 May 2016
John McDonnell tears into moaning Labour right ‘Maquis’
Britain / 2 May 2016
Labour ‘will fight off neoliberal agenda’
2 May 2016
Features / 27 April 2016
The fight goes on
27 April 2016
by Roger Sutton
Britain / 27 April 2016
CWU Conference - McDonnell: Labour will nix Union Bill in a week
27 April 2016
Shadow chancellor savages Tory anti-strike laws as ‘attack on basic democracy’
Britain / 21 April 2016
McDonnell lays into Osborne’s blunder
21 April 2016
Britain / 18 April 2016
John McDonnell refuses to back down in fight for justice for Ricky Reel
18 April 2016
Editorial / 17 April 2016
The return of Real Labour
17 April 2016
Culture / 15 April 2016
Abreast of warts and all in Germany
15 April 2016
On the road with Attila the Stockbroker
Features / 15 April 2016
We want this country to change. And we’re serious about changing it.
15 April 2016
From the steel crisis to tax dodging, the Tories are wandering from crisis to crisis. Their era of failure has to be brought to an end, writes JOHN McDONNELL
Britain / 15 April 2016
Tories are on the run: Finish ’Em!
15 April 2016
The stage is set today for a huge rally to further unsettle Number 10, in defence of schools, homes, the NHS...
Britain / 13 April 2016
‘Dodgy Dave’s cuts harming tax fight’
13 April 2016
Corbyn takes a swipe at government slash to HMRC budget
Britain / 10 April 2016
Sheffielders rally to each other’s struggles
10 April 2016
Britain / 10 April 2016
Show us the money Dave
10 April 2016
As Cameron is hit by yet more questions over tax affairs, Labour launches plan to clean out havens
Britain / 8 April 2016
Powerhouse or poorhouse north?
8 April 2016
Britain / 8 April 2016
‘We need a debate not £9m leaflets’
8 April 2016
Britain / 7 April 2016
Overall productivity ‘down’
7 April 2016
Britain / 6 April 2016
Sheffield cuts put Osborne to shame
6 April 2016
Editorial / 4 April 2016
Tip of the tax dodging iceberg
4 April 2016
Britain / 4 April 2016
Cameron hit by Panama Papers
4 April 2016
PM's own inheritance comes under the spotlight
Britain / 3 April 2016
Will Javid’s jolly cost him his job?
3 April 2016
Business Secretary admits he knew about steel crisis talks ‘weeks ago’
Britain / 28 March 2016
Osborne’s Capital Gains Giveaway
28 March 2016
Rich white southern money-men are Budget’s big winners, say researchers
Britain / 23 March 2016
DPAC campaigners rally in Westminster’s lobby
23 March 2016
Angry disabled activists take on Osborne’s vicious attacks on the vulnerable
Britain / 22 March 2016
Osborne breaks cover – but he won’t say sorry
22 March 2016
Chancellor ‘made a mistake’ with cruel disability benefit cut
Britain / 21 March 2016
McDonnell: Cops must come clean on secret ops
21 March 2016
Britain / 21 March 2016
‘Coward’ Osborne ducks cuts debate
21 March 2016
Chancellor sends flunkey to ‘defend the indefensible’
Britain / 18 March 2016
Labour: ‘Small business and workers will be at top table’
18 March 2016
Editorial / 17 March 2016
Little decency among Tories
17 March 2016
Britain / 17 March 2016
Ordinary workers to pay price for Osborne’s mess
17 March 2016
IFS lays into Chancellor over £56 BILLION Budget black hole
Britain / 17 March 2016
Osborne braces for another Tory rebellion
17 March 2016
As economists predict 370,000 disabled people will be robbed of £3,500
Britain / 16 March 2016
Young left on the scrapheap
16 March 2016
Britain / 15 March 2016
‘A failed Chancellor with failed Budgets’
15 March 2016
McDonnell looks to a fair future after Osborne’s naked ambition
Features / 15 March 2016
‘Osborne’s recovery is built on sand’
15 March 2016
Shadow chancellor JOHN MCDONNELL writes exclusively for the Star as Britain braces itself for another year of austerity
Britain / 11 March 2016
Labour ‘on the front foot’ for economy
11 March 2016
McDonnell says party is winning back the public’s trust
Editorial / 11 March 2016
Lacking sense, not money
11 March 2016
Features / 11 March 2016
Ten ways to win a victory for Jeremy
11 March 2016
By Anne Taylor
Features / 6 March 2016
The problem of the political ‘don’t-knows’
6 March 2016
With the possibility of a change in Tory Party leader in the coming months, it’s vital for Labour to canvas the views of ‘the undecideds,’ writes CHARLEY ALLAN
Britain / 4 March 2016
Facebook taxes raise eyebrows
4 March 2016
Britain / 1 March 2016
No End to Child Poverty Crisis
1 March 2016
Cuts will see ‘more kids living in absolute poverty’
Britain / 29 February 2016
HMRC closures slammed
29 February 2016
Features / 28 February 2016
The Corbyn effect: how apathy became hope
28 February 2016
by Steve Turner
Britain / 28 February 2016
Ex-bank governor sees crisis in store
28 February 2016
Britain / 17 February 2016
McDonnell vows fight for fiscal credibility
17 February 2016
Britain / 9 February 2016
Labour ‘will deny public contracts to blacklisters’
9 February 2016
Construction bosses agree £5.6m settlement with 71 victims of the practice
Britain / 8 February 2016
Osborne surplus forecast ‘could mean more cuts, higher tax’
8 February 2016
Features / 1 February 2016
PMQs shows just how hollow Tory policy is
1 February 2016
Cameron’s predictable parliamentary posturing is no match for real policies to bring about social justice, such as those put forward by Corbyn and McDonnell, writes CALLUM TOWLER
Britain / 26 January 2016
Google tax deal ‘must be public’
26 January 2016
John McDonnell piles pressure on the Chancellor
Britain / 22 January 2016
State debt is rising at £5,170 a second
22 January 2016
Osborne era has now added £600 billion to the red column
Britain / 22 January 2016
‘Give Workers Right to Buy Out Bosses’
22 January 2016
McDonnell sets out Labour vision for workers to own their firms
Editorial / 19 January 2016
Shrugs won’t save our steel
19 January 2016
Britain / 17 January 2016
Sour grapes Dugher lashes out at Star
17 January 2016
Editorial / 10 January 2016
Don’t forget the real foes
10 January 2016
Britain / 10 January 2016
MP resigns from post that ‘doesn’t exist’
10 January 2016
Right-wing McGovern mocked for stunt
Britain / 3 January 2016
Osborne accused of ‘soft touch’ on tax-dodge banks
3 January 2016
Britain / 23 December 2015
‘Get a grip’ on tax, McDonnell warns
23 December 2015
Five global investment banks paid no corporation tax in 2014
Features / 23 December 2015
The Labour Movement has got its Party Back
23 December 2015
Unlike some past Labour leaders, Corbyn and McDonnell understand that trade unions are part of the party’s DNA, writes EMILY MAIDEN
Britain / 21 December 2015
Corbyn will tour Portugal to support anti-austerity drive
21 December 2015
Britain / 6 December 2015
‘Bullying has no part to play in Labour’
6 December 2015
McDonnell defends new politics and the right to protest
Features / 4 December 2015
Now is no time for Corbyn allies to despair
4 December 2015
LESLEY DOCKSEY is enthused by a the spirit of friendship and hope at recent rally to discuss the Labour Party’s ‘new kind of politics’
Editorial / 3 December 2015
Motivated by lust for power
3 December 2015
Britain / 3 December 2015
Corbyn ‘supported by a huge majority’
3 December 2015
McDonnell dismisses claims Labour has turned against leader
Britain / 1 December 2015
Labour launches review of Treasury
1 December 2015
Britain / 29 November 2015
Thousands turn out for long battle to save our planet
29 November 2015
Britain / 29 November 2015
McMahon joins list against Syria bombing campaign
29 November 2015
Britain / 27 November 2015
McDonnell calls for end to squabbling
27 November 2015
Shadow chancellor appeals for calm amid bombing spat
Britain / 25 November 2015
Corbyn Wins as Tories U-Turn on Tax Credits
25 November 2015
Osborne forced to scrap tax credit cuts in face of public fury – but slash to universal credit will go ahead
Editorial / 25 November 2015
A Budget for the City’s benefit
25 November 2015
Britain / 24 November 2015
Pressure builds on Tory MPs to rebel
24 November 2015
McDonnell praises constituencies’ grassroots resistance to cuts
Britain / 22 November 2015
Osborne stands by ‘risky’ policing cuts
22 November 2015
Labour joins senior officers in highlighting threat of terrorism
Britain / 22 November 2015
Labour ambition to break up newspapers’ ownership
22 November 2015
Britain / 22 November 2015
McDonnell: it’s our duty to defy unjust law
22 November 2015
As Trade Union Bill looms top Labour figure speaks out
Britain / 21 November 2015
McDonnell unveils ‘iPad socialism’ plan
21 November 2015
Britain / 19 November 2015
Tax credit U-turn could take £1,200 from the disabled
19 November 2015
Britain / 18 November 2015
Fury at cynical sell-off award
18 November 2015
Campaigners slam dodgy outsourcing jamboree celebrating Tory privatisations free-for-all
Britain / 18 November 2015
Tories ‘try to blame council cuts on Labour’
18 November 2015
Britain / 12 November 2015
Economists help John McDonnell get Labour ready for Autumn Statement
12 November 2015
Britain / 4 November 2015
Thousands march against fees and cuts
4 November 2015
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell joins students
Features / 29 October 2015
Student debt is an economy-wide issue, not just a problem for students
29 October 2015
A look at the US shows mounting student debt is a ticking time bomb, writes NICK MATTHEWS
Britain / 29 October 2015
McDonnell turns fire on MPs over steel support ‘bollocks’
29 October 2015
Britain / 28 October 2015
McDonnell defended after attack in the press
28 October 2015
Britain / 27 October 2015
Osborne vows to fight on for tax credit cuts
27 October 2015
Labour dismisses phoney constitutional crisis as Chancellor ‘throws toys out of the pram’
Britain / 27 October 2015
Ex-cop accuses McDonnell of smear
27 October 2015
Britain / 25 October 2015
Mounting pressure may force tax credit U-turn
25 October 2015
Nicky Morgan says Osborne is ‘in listening mode’ ahead of Lords vote
Britain / 25 October 2015
McDonnell brushes off tired Blairite Danczuk’s coup bid
25 October 2015
Britain / 18 October 2015
Labour ‘will reverse any tax credits cuts’
18 October 2015
McDonnell promises to roll back Tory attack
Britain / 15 October 2015
200 Launch Fast for Jailed Brit
15 October 2015
But victory is near for Shaker Aamer’s family
Britain / 14 October 2015
OUR FIGHT AGAINST THESE DEADLY CUTS WILL CONTINUE
14 October 2015
Safety struggle goes on for under-attack firefighters
Editorial / 13 October 2015
Labour must learn loyalty
13 October 2015
Britain / 13 October 2015
Blairites kick off as leadership opposes austerity charter
13 October 2015
Britain / 12 October 2015
McDonnell joins dozens in hunger strike for Aamer
12 October 2015
Britain / 11 October 2015
Democracy ‘cannot accept’ TTIP pact
11 October 2015
McDonnell leads condemnation of pro-business trade deal
Editorial / 8 October 2015
Who does he think he is?
8 October 2015
Britain / 8 October 2015
Library axe staff hit council with strike
8 October 2015
McDonnell joins pickets to fight back ‘hard right’ Barnet Tories
Britain / 6 October 2015
Johnson sneers at left surge
6 October 2015
Britain / 5 October 2015
Osborne plans more pain for workers
5 October 2015
Shameless Chancellor insists Tories are ‘true party of labour’
Features / 5 October 2015
Trident vote risks Scottish Labour success in 2016
5 October 2015
Recent conference divisions are already being exploited by the SNP ahead of the Holyrood elections, writes VINCE MILLS
Features / 2 October 2015
How best to support Jeremy? Get involved in the vibrant mass movement against austerity
2 October 2015
The left is entering the most serious political war in a generation – and the Tories need to know the scale of the public fight that they will face if they try to close hospitals, libraries and schools, writes LIZ DAVIES
Features / 2 October 2015
Scraping the barrel to find anything to attack Corbyn with
2 October 2015
The Paddy McGuffin column
Features / 30 September 2015
It’s time to puncture the Westminster bubble and let the real world come rushing in
30 September 2015
Make no mistake – Jeremy Corbyn is set to change British politics forever. But it’s the grassroots movement that will play the crucial role, writes RICHARD BURGON
Features / 30 September 2015
Politics of inclusion is important – but so is politics of transformation
30 September 2015
To address the perils of climate change we need to be bolder than ever. ALAN SIMPSON has some ideas for the future direction of Labour policy
Britain / 30 September 2015
Labour MPs told: Don’t bomb Syria
30 September 2015
No air strikes without UN backing, says conference
Editorial / 28 September 2015
True choices now laid bare
28 September 2015
Britain / 28 September 2015
We Believe in a Better World
28 September 2015
‘Inspiring’ McDonnell wages war on corporate welfare
Britain / 18 September 2015
Back Jeremy or let Tories off the hook
18 September 2015
Though Blairite has-beens sneer, trade unionists representing over one million workers issue a clear message to the back benches
Editorial / 15 September 2015
A refreshing appearance
15 September 2015
Britain / 30 July 2015
‘We won’t kill this rotten Bill in Westminster’
30 July 2015
Union leaders look to show of industrial strength to fight ruling-class attack
Britain / 13 July 2015
Plane Stupid brings Heathrow to a halt
13 July 2015
Climate protesters chain themselves to runway railings
Britain / 1 July 2015
Heathrow activists slam runway OK
1 July 2015
McDonnell: North-west Londoners ‘betrayed by Cameron’
Britain / 24 June 2015
National Gallery: Parliament to hear of heated battle to stop privatisation
24 June 2015
Britain / 24 June 2015
Disabled rush the Commons
24 June 2015
Police batter activists trying to save vital independent living fund
Britain / 22 June 2015
McDonnell hails growing resistance
22 June 2015
Britain / 16 June 2015
McDonnell: TTIP details required to decide on EU
16 June 2015
Britain / 8 June 2015
Bfawu Conference: Action for socialism the only way to end Labour’s ‘dark days’
8 June 2015
Britain / 4 June 2015
Labour leadership: Corbyn can save Labour
4 June 2015
Within hours the ONLY anti-austerity leadership hopeful wins over more support than Creagh
Features / 2 June 2015
Croydon People's Assembly: We need to ask some fundamental questions about our democracy
2 June 2015
Labour’s failure means we have to start asking how society can be made to represent the many not the few, says TED KNIGHT
Britain / 31 May 2015
Anti-austerity protesters block Westminster
31 May 2015
Britain / 31 May 2015
National Gallery victory could give hope to thousands
31 May 2015
Trade unionists and activists flock to Trafalgar Square solidarity rally
Britain / 20 May 2015
PCS Conference: McDonnell slams ‘Blairite’ contenders
20 May 2015
Britain / 11 May 2015
Miner Lavery tipped for leaders’ race
11 May 2015
Trickett also mooted as left contender
Britain / 7 April 2015
JUST SHUT UP!
7 April 2015
Toxic Blair praises Miliband for refusing vote on Europe
Britain / 26 March 2015
SPIED-ON MPs DEMAND TO SEE SPOOKS’ FILES
26 March 2015
Furious Labour politicians call for the release of secret reports on their personal and political lives
Britain / 13 November 2014
McDonnell calls for Shapps apology over McVey feud
13 November 2014
Britain / 9 November 2014
Blacklist victims hail cop naming
9 November 2014
Features / 21 September 2014
Give us something to vote for, Labour
21 September 2014
There is a new popular mood for radical change – and Labour must reflect this, says JOHN McDONNELL
Britain / 1 July 2014
Churchman criticised for shunning disabled protesters
1 July 2014
Britain / 12 June 2014
MPs John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn praise Andrew Fisher book for exposing 'very British' City coup that led to crash
12 June 2014
MPs hail The Failed Experiment and How to Build a Future That Works, which exposes the follies leading to the 2008 financial crash
Britain / 29 April 2014
Left MPs protest at mayor's 'misleading' tube strike stance
29 April 2014
Features / 21 September 2013
Time for Labour to get off the fence
21 September 2013
Labour needs to send a clear signal about whose side it's on, says John McDonnell MP