The regulators of corporate Britain have been too timid for too long. It’s time for a new approach
Regulation can be a force for good. But the UK’s army of weak enforcers has failed to protect the public’s interests, writes Professor Prem Sikka.
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Poll suggests Labour would lose lead over Tories if it called for second referendum
Labour’s slight poll lead would be narrowly reversed
Two-thirds of Labour’s candidates for winnable Westminster seats are women
Women are currently under-represented in every parliamentary party
A government review of the auditing industry is dodging major reforms
The government is backing a new report on audit reform, but it lacks radical edge. Prem Sikka writes.
Prem Sikka: Six ways to sort out sky-rocketing executive pay
One of the author’s of Labour’s new policy paper on executive pay sets out how to rein in the fat cats.
I don’t believe we live in a dictatorship. Can I still be a socialist?
In this open letter, Chris Clarke argues why the left needs to drop the idea we live in a ‘dictatorship’ lead by ‘Puppet Masters’.
As fascists prepare to march again, Labour activists are organising to oppose the far right
Tommy Robinson and his ilk are marching in the capital on December 9. The Labour Party must get involved in the resistance – now.
Why national identity matters for the left
National identity still matters to minorities and the majority alike. Labour has to learn how to work with both. Sunder Katwala writes.
What I learnt from the US midterms – and why it matters for the British left
Callum Heckstall-Smith worked for the Democrat US representative candidate for Indiana, Liz Watson. Now he is bringing the lessons back to Britain.
The Tories’ new budget is Labour’s manifesto with a neoliberal veneer
Prem Sikka picks apart Chancellor Philip Hammond’s promises in the latest Budget. Only to find they have all been done before and better, by a different party.