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Latest Posts

Without thought-through policies, Labour is setting itself up for failure

Andrew Harrop
10 January, 2018

Ahead of the Fabians’ New Year conference, Andrew Harrop argues Labour needs to start getting serious about how it will put its principles into power.

These activists go on trial today for protesting the arms industry

Josiah Mortimer
10 January, 2018

More than 100 activists were arrested at the infamous DSEI arms fair in London.

10 terrifying facts about the NHS under Jeremy Hunt – and why May has kept him in the job

Keith Taylor
10 January, 2018

Our NHS is facing a sustained attack under Jeremy Hunt. Yet he’s been just promoted. Keith Taylor MEP looks at the reasons.

Opposition parties have united against hard Brexit. Why aren’t Labour joining them?

9 January, 2018

The SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and Greens accused Labour of “abdicating responsibility” for a potentially disastrous hard Brexit.

To transform our society we need to radically reform the language of business

Prem Sikka
9 January, 2018

We need a new vocabulary of commerce that recognises the role of workers and society in business, not simply profit.

The KPMG conflict of interest is just the latest insult to victims of Grenfell

George Cook
9 January, 2018

The auditor has an existing relationship with the manufacturer of Celotex, the cladding supposedly used on the tower.

Toby Young has resigned but let’s not forget the Tories who defended him

Oscar Webb
9 January, 2018

The Tories are happy to overlook and ignore misogyny, homophobia and other bigotry when defending their friends and political allies.

May’s fox hunting U-turn is a cynical attempt to claw back votes. But it won’t work

Amelia Womack
8 January, 2018

If the Tories really wanted to take action on animal welfare, they’d be clamping down on other bloodsports in the UK.

Covering up “embarrassing” membership numbers reveals a wider crisis in the Tory Party

Oscar Webb
8 January, 2018

The Conservatives may have as few as 70,000 members, putting them behind Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems and possibly even the Greens.

Over 200,000 sign petition telling May to sack Toby Young. He’s got to go

Oscar Webb
8 January, 2018

And a former Labour MP, thought to be the subject of one of Young’s misogynist tweets, said he should go “immediately”.

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