Jeremy Corbyn must back anti-fracking protests
The Labour leader is expected to be near major anti-fracking protests at the end of the week. He should join the movement against dirty energy, Natalie Bennett writes.
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Half of maternity wards had to shut last year due to “shameful” lack of staff or beds
One hospital said it had to turn away expectant mothers 30 times in 2016 because of “insufficient midwifery staffing for workload”
Sun claims Labour is run by ‘toffs’ – yet half of Tory MPs are privately educated
The billionaire-owned S*n has some nerve to try and suggest Labour are run by an ‘elite’.
Boots’ backdown on emergency contraception is a small part of a bigger battle
We can’t stop campaigning until the contraceptive pill is free, cuts to sexual health services have been reversed and abortion made free safe and legal.
Labour should support Tory reform of outdated and regressive gender law
We need a cross-party approach to amend the Gender Recognition Act and improve transgender rights in the UK
The idea of a progressive alliance is dead. The Greens need a new strategy
Green support for the idea of a ‘progressive alliance’ at the last election was just a signal to vote Labour, argues Rupert Read.
Neoliberalism killed youth politics. Are the kids now taking their revenge?
Neoliberalism’s success has been to destroy the idea that politics can change anything, this is particularly true of younger generations who can remember no alternative.
Is it time for the Green Party to affiliate to Labour?
Nearly a month on from the election, talk is growing about the prospect of Labour and the Greens formally uniting.
The Conservatives’ Brexit plans mask an even more sinister domestic agenda
Labour must stop pandering to the government on Brexit
This directionless, policy-lite government is doing terrible damage to our environment
The Queen’s Speech made clear that the Tories aren’t willing to lead