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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Key workers need a pay rise – and they need it now
Unions have an opportunity to join together at national level and put in the type of pay claims that could start to raise all key workers and their families out of poverty for good, argues HELEN O’CONNOR
Signs thanking key workers and the NHS are seen in South London
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
FOLLOWING the financial crash of 2008, billions were poured into bailing out the financial sector.
The people of Britain ended up paying a heavy price for this financial crisis that they didn’t create.
The resulting human suffering was officially called “austerity” as people found they couldn’t afford to buy enough food, they couldn’t get housing any more, their benefits were cut, their pay was frozen and services they relied on as a lifeline disappeared forever.
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