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.
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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.
Protecting our children means keeping local nurseries open – and this Labour council should know it
As Tower Hamlets ponders over closing its three remaining local authority nurseries, campaigners (and some brave councillors) are fighting to save them. Alena Ivanova writes.
Labour’s grassroots have made their view on Palestine plain – there is hope after all
This year’s Labour conference has agreed to recognise Palestine as a state, freeze arms sales to Israel and fight for the right of return. Ben Jamal looks at what’s ahead.
Will Labour’s pitch to the centre on Brexit alienate the working class?
At Labour conference, Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer promised that “nobody is ruling out remain as an option.” But this could disillusion a key demographic.