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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas.

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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Tom Watson: We must reverse the decline of music education

Tom Watson
12 September, 2023

The uptake of A-level music has fallen by a catastrophic 45% in the UK since 2020

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Basit Mahmood
12 September, 2023

The barge is a key part of the government’s policy to end the use of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers.

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Angela Rayner vows to make trade union laws “fit for the 21st century”

Hannah Davenport
12 September, 2023

“It’s not a nice add on. It’s not something just to keep the unions happy,” assured Rayner at TUC Congress

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Basit Mahmood
12 September, 2023

Labour has pledged to deliver new rights for working people in an employment bill in its first 100 days.

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12 September, 2023

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12 September, 2023

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Hannah Davenport
11 September, 2023

A future Labour government should repeal ALL anti-trade union laws, unions demand

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TUC Congress: Sharon Graham blasts ‘timid’ politicians in call for public ownership of energy

Hannah Davenport
11 September, 2023

“The challenges we face are just too big to leave to the timid”

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TUC Congress: Mick Lynch holds Labour to account on New Deal for Workers

Hannah Davenport
11 September, 2023

Labour must “unshackle our unions” demands Lynch

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GB News left humiliated after presenter spectacularly fluffs his lines on breaking news story

Basit Mahmood
11 September, 2023

Daubney’s report was littered with inaccuracies, awkward pauses and he even swore on-air

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