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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
This Saturday, May 26th, The People’s History Museum in Manchester is commemorating the centenary of the birth of James Callaghan.
Tory MPs calling for equal marriage proposals to be delayed to ‘focus on what matters’ need to understand how desperate LGBT couples are for equal rights.
Europe needs an alternative vision and this has to be done by putting faith in people, rather putting faith in the “elites” and destroying social rights.
The Home Office brief – a bed of nails during Labour’s years – shows no signs of becoming a fluffy chaise lounge under this government, writes Kevin Meagher.
OBR chair Robert Chote today said there was no evidence George Osborne’s flagship cutting of the 50p top rate of tax in the budget will promote growth.
As the NATO summit on Afghanistan approaches, former infantry officer Patrick Bury addresses the imminent strategic failure of an unpopular war.
Ed Balls today said George Osborne’s “economic mission”, on his own terms as set out two years ago, “on all three counts”, has failed.
Local Conservative councils are showing up the real Tory Olympic legacy – closing down swimming pools and building over green spaces.
A National Audit Office report has revealed the taxpayer may never see payment for the Northern Rock sale to Virgin.
An unnamed Conservative MSP has told the Herald the Scottish Conservatives do not feature on David Cameron’s radar.
