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Opinion

Keir Starmer
Opinion

Ignore the naysayers, Labour is delivering on our promise of change

Abdi Duale
25 February, 2025

In less than a year this Labour government has pursued a radical agenda to rebuild and reform our public services, and finally address the fundamental problems in our economy the Tories ignored for 14 years.

Donald Trump
Opinion

How governments distract from social injustice by creating moral panics

Prem Sikka
21 February, 2025

Censorship and indoctrination diminish the possibilities for emancipatory change

battersea
Opinion

Mick Jagger Can’t Always Get What He Wants—But London Needs What He Opposes

Chris Worrall
20 February, 2025

Mick Jagger once told the world, “You can’t always get what you want.” He was right. The wealthy and connected shouldn’t get to block homes for the most vulnerable. It’s time for London to get what it desperately needs: housing, hope, and progress.

Climate campaigners dropping a banner reading "Stop Rosebank Oil Field" on Westminster Bridge
Opinion

The government must make the right call and stop Rosebank for good

Lauren MacDonald
19 February, 2025

For a safe climate and affordable energy, we must stop Rosebank and all new oil and gas now. 

Voting Ballot Box
Opinion

Local elections haven’t been postponed, they’ve been cancelled. Here’s why this matters.

Tom Brake
14 February, 2025

Councillors on lame-duck authorities will end up with six- or even seven-year terms. Meanwhile the people they serve will get no say on their performance

Opinion

The Renters’ Rights Bill: Challenging the backlash from landlords

Tom Darling
13 February, 2025

‘I certainly won’t shed a tear if the scales of England’s housing system […] start to tip back towards the one in five of us who rent our home.’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line
Opinion

It’s the rich tax dodgers who are the real traitors

Stella Tsantekidou
12 February, 2025

Despite their constant propaganda about benefit scroungers and lazy Gen Z/Millennial workers, the wealthiest individuals earn the bulk of their income from capital rather than wages

Sharaa
Opinion

Syria: What should the UK do now?

Eve McQuillan
11 February, 2025

If politicians want to see a stable and secure Syria, they should use the UK’s levers and influence to give Syrians the best chance of building it.

A photo of Keir Starmer speaking at Prime Minister's Questions today
Opinion

Labour must not let the polls spook it into chasing Reform rightwards

Salman Shaheen
10 February, 2025

If Labour try to act like a slightly nicer version of Reform, it’s not going to win over the 90% of Reform’s voters who would vote Reform anyway

Housing policy UK
Opinion

Labour’s next challenge: delivering warm, climate resilient, and decent homes

Eloise Sacares
30 January, 2025

To ensure warm, climate resilient and decent homes for all, Labour must start by setting out the funding necessary to deliver the warm homes pledge

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