By Michael Roberts Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington are authors of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and
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Apart from the right wing of the Labour Party, most political commentators have poured scorn on Keir Starmer’s latest relaunch, when he issued five ‘missions’

By Sue Denham Audrey White’s dispute with Lady at Lord John Liverpool, 1983 Forty years ago, a clothing shop manager in Liverpool, Audrey White, took

Review by Hilary Barker This small collection of six essays by Dorothy Thompson, on English social history, starts with an interesting introduction in which the

By Andy Ford The BBC recently aired a programme in the Bottom Line series on Radio 4, called The French Correction. It pointed out that

By Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member The recent anti-migrant demonstration outside a hotel in Liverpool that houses asylum seekers is an example of

By Gray Allan, Falkirk Labour Party member On Wednesday 15th February there was a shock announcement in Scotland with Nicola Sturgeon calling, at very short

Energy giants profiteer at workers’ expense – and the planet’s
By John Pickard It is hardly surprising that there are calls being made for additional taxes on oil and gas corporations, given that they are

Editorial: socialist policies, not secret Labour talks with Tories!
The Labour Party leadership should not be indulging in secret discussions with the Tories over Brexit. We have come to expect little in the way

By Sam Gleaden, Mental Health Worker A recent UNISON study found that 60% of the UK workforce has witnessed or suffered from workplace bullying, with