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23 December, 2025 (3 days ago)

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No, Momentum didn’t cost Labour a victory in the local elections

Josiah Mortimer
4 May, 2018

Trafford Labour Party leader: Momentum campaign was ‘a massive help for us’ in winning back Tory council.

How the Windrush scandal could cost the Conservatives crucial voters

Rakib Ehsan
3 May, 2018

Are these elections the nail in the coffin for the Conservatives’ support among black voters?

Local elections: We have an opportunity to end ‘one party councils’ in England

Jonathan Bartley
3 May, 2018

In many councils, voters have a choice: to accept one party state councils – or to elect a real opposition, writes Green leader Jonathan Bartley.

Forty years on, we still need to learn lessons from the Grunwick strike

John Lehal
3 May, 2018

A new play reminds us our economy is still stacked against ethnic minority workers.

The government’s ‘tough’ action on overseas tax dodging isn’t all it seems

Prem Sikka
3 May, 2018

The Tories are forcing overseas territories to publish who really owns companies. A welcome step – but it will do little on its own, writes accounting expert Prem Sikka.

How councils can stop privatisation in its tracks

Ellen Lees
2 May, 2018

We can break the stranglehold of outsourcing in our communities.

PMQs: What the PM really meant when she said ‘wages are up’

Josiah Mortimer
2 May, 2018

Her claims on Brexit Britain’s supposed economic success should be taken with a VERY large pinch of salt…

Revealed: The UK’s plans for keeping EU trade deals after Brexit are in turmoil

Tony Burke
2 May, 2018

Liam Fox and the Department for International Trade are living in cuckoo land if they think we’ll be able to ‘roll over’ all our trade deals after leaving the EU.

The media have got it wrong when it comes to these local elections

Natalie Bennett
2 May, 2018

From Sheffield to Lambeth, Thursday’s vote will be decided on local issues.

Scottish devolution is under threat from Brexit – and we won’t stand for it

Mairi Gougeon MSP
1 May, 2018

“The Tories think they can do whatever they want to Scotland and get away with it. We are determined not to let them,” writes the SNP’s Mairi Gougeon.

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