Bouncing Back in Wales
In 2017, Labour’s election comeback started in Wales. This week there are signs that a similar poll surge is happening in 2019 – and the Tories are worried.
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Ellie Whittaker
Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
The Right to Mobility
There’s a long way to go, but Labour’s manifesto could mark the first step in ending Britain’s obsession with the private car.
The Tories’ NHS Lies
From nurses to hospitals to overall investment, every major health pledge the Tories have made in this election campaign can be shown to be a lie. They can’t be trusted with the NHS.
Saving Britain’s Universities
This week’s UCU strike is about more than pensions and pay – it’s a fight for a university system that puts the welfare of staff and students above the interests of profit.
Culture for Labour
In an open letter to Tribune over 500 writers, artists and musicians endorse Labour’s vision of the arts, and its conception of politics as “something inherently collective, creative and transformative.”
Fighting for Our Social Fabric
This election is an opportunity to stop the steady brutality of a welfare system that has left so many people in destitution.
Labour Against the Finance Lobby
When the City of London trashes Labour’s plans to tax financial markets, people should take note. Finally Britain has a party that is prepared to take on the finance lobby.
The Growth of Healthcare Capitalism
Across the world, private healthcare corporations are growing in power – and will fundamentally undermine public healthcare within a generation if they are not challenged.
New Solidarities in Wales
The ‘clear red water’ of Welsh Labour has not run as red is it could have in the last few years. What role can Wales play in this election?
Labour’s Big Night
Last night’s resounding debate victory for Jeremy Corbyn exposed both Jo Swinson and Boris Johnson as out of touch with the concerns of working people – and can become a springboard to win this election.
Labour’s Offer to Young People
Today, Labour will launch its ‘Youth Manifesto’ offering fundamental change to millions of young people whose lives have been blighted by low pay, high rents and a government that has turned its back on them.
Trashing Peace in Northern Ireland
By lining up behind hardline loyalists and advocating impunity for state-sanctioned killings, the Tories have undermined decades of peace building in Northern Ireland in just a few short years.
The Arts for All
In the best of the party’s traditions, Labour’s manifesto for this election promises to open up the arts to those from all backgrounds – breaking a cycle which increasingly restricts cultural expression to an elite.
“Imposing Control Through Fire and Blood”
Bolivia’s exiled vice president Álvaro García Linera on how the country’s coup was organised, the money behind it – and its plans to retain power through violent repression.
Lifting the Floor
Labour’s manifesto shows that the party understands the urgency of the burning injustices that are stunting the lives of millions in Britain today – and is prepared to take action to end them.
Why Free Dental Care Matters
With 1 in 5 people skipping dental care because of costs resulting in thousands of preventable surgeries every year, Labour’s plan to introduce free dental checks can’t come a minute too soon.
Labour’s Green Revolution
Labour’s plans to invest in a million green jobs can transform the very parts of Britain decimated by Thatcher’s economic reforms – and begin to undo the damage of deindustrialisation.
Corbyn Comes Out Swinging
Tomorrow Jeremy Corbyn will launch Labour’s manifesto with a firebrand speech that takes on the elite who have rigged our economy – and promises a future worth fighting for.
Bolivia Lurches Towards Dictatorship
With the persecution of Evo Morales’ political party and the killing of indigenous protestors, Bolivia is fast sliding into a brutal dictatorship that makes a mockery of claims about restoring democracy.
The Tory Tax Cut Scam
In pledging to freeze corporation tax cuts, Boris Johnson has exposed a decade of Tory arguments that cutting taxes would increase revenue to be little more than a propaganda exercise for the super-rich.