We’re constantly told about a ‘bloated’ disability benefits bill, yet disabled people struggle with unsuitable services and unaffordable costs. We need to look at the issue a different way, says SANDRA WILSON....
‘Choose Unity Every Time’
More than 90 per cent of Northern Ireland’s children still attend segregated schools. In a parting missive to his adopted home, CHRIS WILSON makes a plea for integrated education....
After Starmer: What Next?
The Labour leader’s resignation is a chance for the party to revive its fortunes and rescue the country from the far right, says WILL BROWN. Does Andy Burnham have what it takes?...
Labour in Crisis: The Moral Reckoning of the Starmer Leadership
Keir Starmer’s premiership is unravelling, not because of a single scandal or a momentary lapse of judgement, argues ERNIE JACQUES. This is the consequence of ‘a political project built on deception and enforced through accusation, intimidation and bullying’....
The Strange Death of Welsh Radicalism
Labour’s performance in the recent Senedd elections has been widely described as calamitous and historic, heralding the end of an era of dominance that stretches back to the birth of the Labour movement. ARUN LEWIS charts the rise and fall of Welsh Labour....
Obituary: Harry Barnes 1936-2026
Longtime ILP member and former Labour MP Harry Barnes has died at the age of 89. His parliamentary researcher, GARY KENT, remembers a deeply principled and consequential backbencher who ushered in many initiatives that helped preserve democracy and save lives....
Manchester, So Much to Answer For
Andy Burnham may not be standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection but his notion of ‘Manchesterism’ has gained much publicity in recent weeks. JONATHAN TIMBERS reviews a new book on the city that casts a critical light on decades of ‘state-led gentrification’ and working class displacement....
Labour in Government: Co-op Politics in the 21st Century
Labour came to power promising unprecedented support for the co-operative sector. Eighteen months on the prospect remains more a taunting hope than the driving force of social and economic change many had wished for. CHRIS OLEWICZ & STEVE THOMPSON chart the progress so far, but fear a genuine grasp of co-operation’s transformative potential is...
Labour’s Internal Divides
Blue Labour, soft left, hard left, Labour Together, Labour to Win … Labour it appears is riven with conflict. JOHN CUNNISON reviews an in-depth analysis of party factions that makes a bold attempt to bridge political rifts but ultimately misses the point....
Changed Utterly: Trump, Putin & the New World Disorder
Arguing for welfare over warfare is naïve and out of date, says GARY KENT. We need urgently a European military superpower to protect us from whatever is coming our way, whether from east or west....
Peace & Conflict: Towards a New Left Perspective
The left’s response to major conflicts is inconsistent and contradictory, says MJ DENISON. It’s time to learn from history and build a new clear-eyed approach free from binary perspectives....
How Belper United to Beat Off Reform
When Reform UK took control of Derbyshire county council in May, one small community resisted the surge. KEITH VENABLES describes how unions, activists and anti-hate groups built a grassroots campaign that might just be a model for the rest of the country....