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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Vicious inequality is hurting children in northern England
My constituents cannot simply ‘work their way out of’ bad health, poor educational attainment, low life expectancy and deepening child poverty — the government has set them up to fail, writes JON TRICKETT MP
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
WHILE the wealth of the richest has been skyrocketing, poverty has been steadily increasing, made worse by the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.
Only last week I saw a huge group of people queuing on a road in my area. What were they waiting for? Food parcels from the local foodbank. It was an alarming sight which has become all too familiar in my constituency and across northern England.
But perhaps most poignant is the increase in the number of children growing up in poverty. Indeed, our children’s lives and futures are being blighted by obscenely high levels of child poverty here in the north.
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