Labour MP and disability charities warn against ‘draconian cuts’ in welfare

A LABOUR MP has warned ministers against “draconian cuts” ahead of expected welfare reforms, cautioning that changes could deepen tensions between

War, cuts and racism: the toxic trinity facing Britain

As European leaders compete to increase military spending while threatening welfare cuts, the burden will fall disproportionately on working people and minority communities, warns DIANE ABBOTT MP

Unions and patient groups urge new NHS England boss to rule out private finance

UNIONS, patient and staff groups have urged the NHS’s new chief executive to rule out a return to private finance to the health service.

Strategic autonomy or Stockholm syndrome: whither Europe?

CARLOS MARTINEZ condemns Europe’s failure to develop genuine autonomy from US hegemony, as leaders like Starmer and Macron cling to a declining imperial order rather than building good relations with the emerging powers

Mandelson’s Russia-Ukraine conflict of interest

You’ll never guess why a quick peace in Ukraine might be in the ambassador to Washington’s interests, writes SOLOMON HUGHES. Actually, of course you will – he stands to make a lot of money from his business links to Russia

The Labour Party: a complicated birth

The formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 marked the beginning of interconnected and contested strategies — parliamentary and industrial — seeking ways to advance working-class interests, writes KEITH FLETT

Peace campaigners slam continued rise in British military spending

Chancellor Reeves's speech disrupted over Drax subsidies

CLIMATE activists disrupted Rachel Reeves’s speech to the Yorkshire Labour Party Conference on Saturday, condemning new subsidies for the tree-burn

Ministers expected to axe ‘right to switch off’ in coming week

MINISTERS are expected to axe plans to give people a right to “switch off” outside working hours, it was revealed today.

‘Worth it’ — Palestine activists fined for paint protest in Hove

The trio were given a conditional discharge and £600 penalties after painting ‘Stop arming Israel’ on Science Secretary Peter Kyle’s window in frustration at being ignored despite attempts to meet their MP, reports JOE GILL