All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Escaping poverty and inequality is an ‘aspiration’ that can unite us
Earlier this week John McDonnell chatted with feminist academic Selina Todd via Zoom about her new book on social mobility, and its themes of class, education and the struggle for a more egalitarian world. LYNNE WALSH reports
Feminist academic Selina Todd (left) and Labour's John McDonnell
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
THE concept of social mobility might well have achieved legendary status in some parts of society, but an Oxford professor is quietly smashing the myth to smithereens.
OK, it’s not quite a Wonder Woman scenario. The devotion to this idea has been doubted for a long time.
The thrill which greeted a new infrastructure including government commissions, a foundation and innumerable private-sector projects has abated quite a bit.
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