Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses
This is how to secure sustained economic growth
Opinion
Trump, Farage and the right’s free speech hypocrisy
What’s behind the Trump administration’s transatlantic provocations on UK free speech and who does the dark agenda really belong to?
On patriotism and national decline
Prioritisation of corporate wealth and privatisation have threatened our heritage and eroded our culture far more than immigration ever has
The government must ensure fair distribution of income
‘The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.’
Labour can beat Reform UK by fixing local government
Basildon council leader Gavin Callaghan reflects on Labour Conference and why local government reorganisation is key to beating Reform
Privatisation hurts patients, staff and the NHS – Labour must end it
For as long as the Government fails to deliver on its NHS promises, Labour’s days are numbered.
It’s time to get serious about stopping the global authoritarian network
It would be a mistake to assume democracy is our default state, or to underestimate the power and reach of authoritarianism
Government doubles down on £100 billion water nationalisation price tag – but are they coming clean on the true cost of publicly owned water?
The current cost is based on a discredited report funded by the private water companies.
Reform UK will be following the Trump model of governance should they win
One session at Reform’s conference was titled “Saving British democracy and lessons from Trump”
The health in pregnancy grant worked. November’s budget should restore it.
The government’s plan for change is clear in its determination to give every child the best start in life. Restoring the health in pregnancy grant would be a relatively low-cost, proven mechanism to do this.