TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
From Trickett’s rebellion to Reform’s rise, welcome to Labour’s post-victory blues
As Keir Starmer alienates his party’s core voters and plummets in the polls, ANDREW MURRAY argues the shifting political landscape exposes Labour’s vulnerability to both right-wing populism — and a resurgent left

LABOUR’S conference, opening in Liverpool at the weekend, ought to be a gathering of victors basking in their huge parliamentary majority.
Yet I anticipate angst. Keir Starmer barely rode a ripple, never mind a wave, into office.
Since entering Downing Street, all suited and booted courtesy of the largesse of Lord Alli, the Prime Minister has set about diminishing his standing still further, mainly by picking confrontations with the poorest.
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