Labour peer Alf Dubs calls on incoming PM to country’s Britain's borders with a ‘commitment to basic rights, and compassion for those who are in time of greatest need’

PAUL O’BRIEN of Labour Movement for Irish Unity looks at the Makerfield MP’s record when it comes to the north of Ireland

The former Ofcom chair increasingly echoed the arguments of the broadcasters he was meant to regulate, says STEPHEN ARNELL

Repealing Britain’s most dangerous Bill must be the first act of whoever replaces Keir Starmer, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE

Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation

The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise

ANDREW MURRAY looks back at a damaging career marked by dishonesty, incompetence and revolting complicity in war crimes

Unions and MPs tell PM to quit after Burnham's triumph in Makerfield

Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY

MATT KERR takes stock of a night of by-elections, where the long repeated warnings for Labour and the political class remain stubbornly unheeded

The US blockade of Cuba raises risks of a new global pandemic, experts warn at Unison conference

Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS

Starmer makes desperate effort to buy off Burnham as polls suggest he is set to win Makerfield by-election

Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house

Campaigners and MPs blast Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold Palestine Action ban

If Labour continues to abandon the promise of economic hope and security, Reform will keep filling the vacuum in communities once considered its heartlands, argues IAN LAVERY MP

The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right

Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES

Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP

The Starmer project is going up in smoke – but if the left cannot swiftly build a viable alternative, the country faces the grim reality of a hard-right takeover, says ANDREW MURRAY