Jeremy Hunt’s budget failed to address our economic woes, a new direction is needed
The Chancellor’s promised deregulatory cull of consumer, worker and environmental protections will make matters far worse
Opinion
COP27: Draft agreement puts world ‘on the highway to climate hell’
Delegates at COP27 have already begun to criticise the draft text of the crucial climate agreement
Diane Abbott MP: The government’s economic plans leave me fearing for my constituents
‘The cuts and tax increases that are coming must be opposed’.
We need a credible plan to tackle second homes and holiday lets
After Thursday’s Autumn Statement, we are all likely to be paying more tax – except those hollowing out rural and coastal communities.
UnionDues: Interview with the newly elected TUC president Maria Exall
Maria arrives at the TUC Presidency with impressive credentials.
Natalie Bennett: Why COP27 must not abandon the 1.5C climate target
The claim “it is too late for 1.5 degrees” is simply wrong
Sarah Olney MP: The pragmatic case for foreign aid
‘If we wish to ensure stability across the globe, slow the spread of authoritarianism, and prevent conflict, we must invest in the future of the developing world.’
Prem Sikka: The grip of big money continues to tighten over UK politics and the country is sinking
‘We can have either democracy and public accountability or rampant corporate power concentrated in the hands of a few business executives, but not both.’
Rishi Sunak proved again this week that he doesn’t understand child poverty
56% of people in poverty in the UK are in a working family and 7 in 10 children in poverty are in a family where at least one parent works.
How will Egypt’s ban on protest impact COP27?
‘Protest has always been an important element to the COP negotiations.’