The government’s divisive language and attacks on transgender people are eerily reminiscent of the moral panic they created around the gay community in the late 1980s, writes Kate Osborne MP.
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People are facing the worst cut in living standards since records began. Labour must take different choices – Jon Trickett MP
Jon Trickett on the Autumn Statement says people are facing the worst drop in living standards since records began - and that Labour must take different choices.
Scottish By-elections, supporting striking workers, and demand for a ceasefire – SEC report-back
Youth representatives Coll McCail and Lauren Harper report back from Scottish Labour's Executive Committee on by-elections, a ceasefire in Gaza and more.
Gaza, the mass movement, the left and Labour – Simon Fletcher
As the crisis over Israel’s collective punishment of the Palestinian people works its way through British politics, so it has demonstrated the need for a firm internationalist movement against militarism.
Can sixth Health Secretary in 5 years avert another deadly winter crisis?
Victoria Atkins is the latest of six different Health Secretaries in the last five years, and just like the rest, has no experience or expertise in the field she now enters.
Gaza – Starmer’s refusal to back a #CeasefireNow is out of step with Labour’s membership
Hugh Lanning of Labour & Palestine looks at Starmer's ongoing refusal to back #CeasefireNow calls.
John McDonnell – Autumn statement must address rising poverty & destitution
In his regular column, John McDonnell MP argues the autumn statement must do something to lift children out of poverty and destitution
Mary Lou McDonald Presidential Address to the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2023
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald addressed her Party Conference looking at the election year ahead; plans to tackle the housing, health and cost of living crisis; and the growing call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
David Cameron: The Leading Architect of Libyan Catastrophe Returns
Anti-war campaigners call for resistance to increasing militarisation in response to appointment of former PM David Cameron as Foreign Secretary
UK U-Turn on Deep Sea Mining
Britain has shifted its position and now backs a moratorium on commercial deep-sea mining, after criticism from scientists, MPs and environmentalists.