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Opinion: This Was Thatcher’s Favourite Council. Now, It’s Pioneering Radical Housing Policy

Aydin Dikerdem

Under the Tories, Wandsworth council pioneered many of the policies that created today’s housing crisis. Aydin Dikerdem explains what Labour is now doing to transform housing in the borough.

Opinion: Who Can Afford £225 a Week for Childcare?

Edie Miller

Labour has promised free breakfast clubs for primary school children. But fixing Britain’s broken childcare system will take more than a bowl of cornflakes, writes Edie Miller.

Lula da Silva greets supporters in Salvador, Brazil, 30 September

International: Brazil Election: Standing With Lula Means Standing Against Poverty

Joana Ramiro

As Brazil heads to the polls, Joana Ramiro reports from São Paulo, where even many centrists are supporting Lula - a candidate who lifted the country out of poverty, before Bolsonaro plunged 20 million people back into it.

A spokesperson for talks to journalists after the trial of Deliveroo French executives. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Report: Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France

Polly Smythe

The remarks were made by Peter Mandelson’s godson at a Labour Party fringe event sponsored by Deliveroo.

Mark Littlewood in happier times, taking part in a discussion in 2013. Photo: Cicero Group on Flikr (CC BY 2.0)

Opinion: The Thinktank Behind Trussonomics Is Throwing a Party With a Crisis PR Firm

Simon Childs

The IEA thinktank - which hailed the mini budget as “refreshing” - is hosting a private drinks event sponsored by a crisis management PR firm.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a campaign rally in Portela Samba School in Rio de Janeiro,

Feature: ‘We Can Change Things, It’s Time’: With Days to Go, Lula Could Clinch a First-Round Win in Brazil

Joana Ramiro

A stunning comeback from leftist former-president Lula da Silva has inspired Brazilian voters, who could end Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right premiership on Sunday. Joana Ramiro reports from São Paulo, on an election many see as 'life or death'.

Keir Starmer with Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis. Photo: Usdaw

Report: Keir Starmer Is a Big Fan of This Union Leader. His Staff, Not so Much

Polly Smythe

Usdaw staff are taking two days of strike action over pay and home working. The general secretary has been accused of pitting workers against each other.

Report: Expensive Property Has More Rights Than Protesters, Says Court

Simon Childs

If you significantly damage something as part of a protest, you can no longer rely on human rights as a defence, a court has ruled.

Analysis: So You’ve Been Bailed Out. But What Exactly Is Trussonomics?

Richard Murphy

Just three weeks into her premiership, Liz Truss has already seen the economy bailed out by the Bank of England. Richard Murphy asks, what’s the thinking behind such a disastrous economic strategy?

Two men, both wearing navy suits, stand besides one another at Labour conference

Report: Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey

Rivkah Brown

Three Kurdish attendees were denied entry to Labour party conference on security grounds. Some have questioned whether it has anything to do with Erdogan's Turkey.

Analysis: As the Far Right Rises, Italy’s Left is Missing in Action

Matteo Tiratelli

The results of the Italian election are bleak: a landslide victory for the far right, collapsing turnout, and the ongoing absence of a left alternative. Matteo Tiratelli explains.

Soldiers of Russia's Interior Ministry practice martial arts during a drill marking Reconnoissance Day in the southern Russian city of Stavropol

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Ethnic minority soldiers from low income Russian regions are already dying at a higher rate in the war. Now Putin’s latest mobilisation is causing fresh fear – and increasing tensions across the federation.

Report: Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference

Simon Childs

Activists disrupted an event at Labour party conference sponsored by Drax, a company accused of polluting Black communities in the US. Simon Childs reports.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks at Labour Party conference in Liverpool,

Analysis: Rachel Reeves Speech: Labour is Rehashing Corbynite Policies Without Explaining How It Would Pay for Them

James Meadway

The left should welcome Rachel Reeves’s pledges to decarbonise the electricity system and renationalise the railways - they were originally Corbynite proposals, after all. But to be believed, Labour must explain how they’ll be funded, writes James Meadway.

$A fracking rig stands outside the Houses of Parliament during an anti-fracking protest by Greenpeace activists in London$

Opinion: The GMB Is Completely Wrong About Fracking. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

The GMB trade union has said the Tories are right to lift the fracking ban, claiming it could ‘create thousands of good jobs’ at little cost to the climate. This is completely wrong, writes Aaron Bastani.

Kwasi Kwarteng speaking to the House of Commons. Source: Parliamentlive.tv

Report: Mini-Budget: Attacks on Trade Unions, Tax Cuts for the Rich

Simon Childs

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng first 'mini-budget' was slammed by left-wingers, but delighted a neoliberal lobby group.

Drax Power Station, the third-largest polluting power station in Europe, was a sponsor of last year's Labour conference. Edward Crawford/Reuters

Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing

Simon Childs

Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.

Report: ‘Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me’: Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: Three months after the Labour party ‘weaponised’ abuse that left her in A&E, Britain’s first hijabi MP returns to politics.

Opinion: This Was Thatcher’s Favourite Council. Now, It’s Pioneering Radical Housing Policy

Aydin Dikerdem

Opinion: Who Can Afford £225 a Week for Childcare?

Edie Miller

International: Brazil Election: Standing With Lula Means Standing Against Poverty

Joana Ramiro

Report: Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France

Polly Smythe

Opinion: The Thinktank Behind Trussonomics Is Throwing a Party With a Crisis PR Firm

Simon Childs

Feature: ‘We Can Change Things, It’s Time’: With Days to Go, Lula Could Clinch a First-Round Win in Brazil

Joana Ramiro

Report: Keir Starmer Is a Big Fan of This Union Leader. His Staff, Not so Much

Polly Smythe

Report: Expensive Property Has More Rights Than Protesters, Says Court

Simon Childs

Analysis: So You’ve Been Bailed Out. But What Exactly Is Trussonomics?

Richard Murphy

Analysis: As the Far Right Rises, Italy’s Left is Missing in Action

Matteo Tiratelli

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Report: Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference

Simon Childs

Analysis: Rachel Reeves Speech: Labour is Rehashing Corbynite Policies Without Explaining How It Would Pay for Them

James Meadway

Opinion: The GMB Is Completely Wrong About Fracking. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Report: Mini-Budget: Attacks on Trade Unions, Tax Cuts for the Rich

Simon Childs

Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing

Simon Childs

Report: ‘Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me’: Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics

Rivkah Brown

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Opinion: This Was Thatcher’s Favourite Council. Now, It’s Pioneering Radical Housing Policy

Aydin Dikerdem

Opinion: Who Can Afford £225 a Week for Childcare?

Edie Miller

International: Brazil Election: Standing With Lula Means Standing Against Poverty

Joana Ramiro

Report: Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France

Polly Smythe

Opinion: The Thinktank Behind Trussonomics Is Throwing a Party With a Crisis PR Firm

Simon Childs

Feature: ‘We Can Change Things, It’s Time’: With Days to Go, Lula Could Clinch a First-Round Win in Brazil

Joana Ramiro

Report: Keir Starmer Is a Big Fan of This Union Leader. His Staff, Not so Much

Polly Smythe

Report: Expensive Property Has More Rights Than Protesters, Says Court

Simon Childs

Analysis: So You’ve Been Bailed Out. But What Exactly Is Trussonomics?

Richard Murphy

Report: Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: As the Far Right Rises, Italy’s Left is Missing in Action

Matteo Tiratelli

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Report: Protesters Call Out ‘Environmental Racism’ at New Statesman Event at Labour Conference

Simon Childs

Analysis: Rachel Reeves Speech: Labour is Rehashing Corbynite Policies Without Explaining How It Would Pay for Them

James Meadway

Opinion: The GMB Is Completely Wrong About Fracking. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

Report: Mini-Budget: Attacks on Trade Unions, Tax Cuts for the Rich

Simon Childs

Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing

Simon Childs

Report: ‘Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me’: Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics

Rivkah Brown

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