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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.
Tony Burke, assistant general secretary of Unite, delves a little deeper into millionaire Tory donor Adrian Beecroft’s lust to strip workers of their rights.
Cormac Hollingsworth explains how the coalition, which came to power pledging to eliminate the deficit, will pile on more debt than any modern government.
In the wake of the OECD’s forecast the UK will experience a double-dip recession, the question now is whether or not we are experiencing a triple-dip.
Left Foot Forward brings you the view from the people at the heart of the fuel strike dispute – the tanker drivers. Here is their story.
From the team that made the Common People video at the last election, behold Gideon’s rendition of “Don’t stop me now”.
A new poll has revealed public opposition to plans for public sector pay differentiation, believing them to be both unfair and harmful to regional economies.
Amanda Ramsay takes a look at the debate in Birmingham on whether the city should have an elected Mayor and talks to campaigners on the ground.
Ed Jacobs reports on the Welsh government’s plans for an independent legal system.
The Global Poverty Project’s Sam Bacon takes apart today’s House of Lords report which called for the scrapping of the 0.7 per cent GNI aid target.
The real Andrew Mitchell tax scandal is his department’s failure to stand up to George Osborne over his watering down of tax haven legislation.
