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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

by 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 blonde woman wearing a blue dress sits at a desk besides a union jack flag, writing in a document

Analysis: We’ve Won an Energy Bills Freeze. Now Let’s Demand More

by James Meadway

Liz Truss has shown she responds to pressure. Time to ramp it up then, writes James Meadway.

Analysis: Taxes Aren’t Driving Sky-High Fuel Prices, Profiteering Bosses Are

by James Meadway

While fuel protesters blame the government for their woes, writes James Meadway, BP and Shell made £40bn last year.

Live: Tories Want Tax Cuts, James Meadway on £15 Min Wage, YouGov Accused of Suppressing Polls

Boris Johnson keeps insisting he wants to move on from Partygate to focus on policy. With growing calls for tax cuts from his MPs, should we expect another shift to the right? Plus: James Meadway on why Britain needs the £15 minimum wage; YouGov are accused of supressing Corbyn-positive polls; and the RMT announce three […]

Private First Class Jeremy Bauth, of the Colorado National Guard's 220th Military Police Company, stands guard at a checkpoint during a US National Guard operation in 2018 outside of Fort Greely, Alaska, 28 February 2018. Photo: Specialist Michael Risinge / US Army National Guard

Long Read: The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic

by James Meadway

The Arctic Council is collapsing over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes James Meadway, setting the stage for a geopolitical conflict of epic proportions.

05/05/2022. London, United Kingdom.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts the Prime Minister's Business Council with The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi and The Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan. 10 Downing Street. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street

Opinion: Of Course Sunak Says Inflation Can’t Be Fixed. Fixing It Would Mean Taxing Billionaires Like Him

by James Meadway

If everyone is paying more for things, but most of us aren’t earning more money, someone is pocketing the difference, writes James Meadway.

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits Gunnersbury Park Sports Hub, a government funded sports facility in west London, where he helped with a grassroots football training session and was presented with an England shirt

Analysis: The Tories Expect Massive Public Demands on the Cost of Living Crisis. Why Aren’t We Making Them?

by James Meadway

Rishi Sunak knows his spring statement was a failure and is already bracing for pushback. Let’s exploit his weakness, writes James Meadway.

Vladimir Putin rolls his eyes

Opinion: Russia’s War Will Make the Cost of Living Crisis Even Worse

by James Meadway

Our living standards are already falling. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could lead them to plummet. James Meadway explains.

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Opinion: The Tories Want to Increase Military Spending During a Cost of Living Crisis

by James Meadway

As rising military spending starts to put pressure on domestic public services, we must reject the idea that ordinary people should shoulder the cost of war and other crises, writes James Meadway.

Prime minister Boris Johnson visits Carland Cross Windfarm to see the construction of a new solar farm ahead of the G7 Summit in Cornwall

Opinion: Three Things the Tories Could Easily Do to Slash Living Costs

by James Meadway

The Tories claim the cost of living crisis is beyond their control, writes James Meadway. They’re lying.

Live: Downing Street Staff Leave Johnson’s Sinking Ship

Boris Johnson's attempt to "shake up" Number 10 has turned into a mass exodus. What's the story behind the Downing Street Meltdown?

Anti-government demonstrators hold a poster representing a coffin of a victim of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the message "30,000 deaths, so what?", during a protest named "Amazonas for Democracy" in Manaus, Brazil

Analysis: Ending Vaccine Apartheid Won’t End the Pandemic

by James Meadway

It is vital that rich countries in the global north share the vaccines we have hoarded if we are to effectively manage the pandemic, writes James Meadway. But vaccination is only one part of the solution.

Analysis: When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?

by James Meadway

Nearly a million people in Britain switched jobs over the summer as part of a global wave of resignations. But if we really want to transform the way we live and work, individual acts of refusal aren't enough, writes James Meadway.

Opinion: Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere

by James Meadway

The Omicron variant is just the latest reminder that Covid-19 is here to stay. The left must strategise accordingly, writes James Meadway.

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Opinion: Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea

by James Meadway

With coronavirus cases rising, the government could still introduce vaccine passports in England - a decision that comes with major implications for our privacy and freedom, writes James Meadway.

Live: What’s in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?

Rishi Sunak's budget may have come with some big spending pledges, but it's nowhere near enough to undo a decade of austerity.

Live: Boris Johnson Hails Higher Wages at Tory Conference

At Tory party conference Boris Johnson is promising higher wages in a post-brexit Britain. How seriously should we take the pledge?

Boris Johnson’s Tory Party and the Blue Wall

The last two years of Boris Johnson’s leadership have been defined by a heady mix of disaster and triumph: Brexit, a landslide election victory, a catastrophic pandemic, by-election wins and one surprising loss. What makes Johnsonism different from the Conservatism of yesteryear, and what’s coming next?