Westminster must foot the bill for clearing coal tips in Wales
“We have been looted of our treasure, and the crooks didn’t even have the decency to take their rubbish with them.”
Columnists
Why Jeremy Hunt’s budget fails Britain
The evidence of past policy failures is all around us. Since 2010, the real economy has grown by around 1.2% a year and is set to have the weakest growth amongst G7 countries.
Why Labour made the right call on downgrading the £28bn climate investment figure
Labour’s climate and environment plans are still vastly more coherent and ambitious than those of the Tories.
Natalie Bennett: The state of our NHS is down to long-term political failure
The Green Party holds that the profit motive should have no place in our health care – in any form of care
Here’s how we can fix England’s water and sewage industry
Directors of water companies have been incentivised to inflict five broad harms on all, with the aim of securing bigger profits and pay-packets.
The NIMBY in Number 10
Rishi Sunak has a textbook NIMBY sat in Number 10
The rule of law has been captured by class interests
The evidence of class interests in shaping and reinforcing laws isn’t hard to find.
Here’s what Labour can do to address housing delivery shortfalls in London
Under Keir Starmer’s pro-growth strategy, density bonuses can be used to balance the impact of locally required mandatory affordable housing requirements, alongside more housing production
HeartUnions week: Unions are winning for working people, and every worker should join a union
HeartUnions week is about celebrating the solidarity and power of a stronger trade union movement.
Our politics is plagued by a failure of accountability
Accountability and integrity, as well as honesty, selflessness and leadership, demand of our politicians that they own up to their mistakes