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Analysis: Angela Rayner Was Labour’s Designated Defender of Workers’ Rights. Now She’s Gone, Big Business Is Swooping In

Polly Smythe

Starmer’s recent reshuffle saw two champions of Labour’s flagship workers’ rights legislation leave the frontbench, creating a vacuum that businesses are eagerly filling. Polly Smythe surveys an uneasy landscape from the Trade Union Congress's annual meeting.

Novara Live: Cracks Showing in Labour Over Increased Channel Migration

Channel crossings are set to hit 50,000 since Labour came into power. Education Minister Jacqui Smith has called that figure “unacceptable”. Plus: Trump deploys the National Guard to Washington, and a former royal advisor condemns the government’s proscription of Palestine Action. With Aaron Bastani and James Butler.

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Report: How Labour ‘Rigged’ an Election to Block a Leftwinger From Leading a Council

Polly Smythe

Labour used the accessibility provisions for a disabled councillor and single mum as a factional weapon in order to ‘rig’ an election. Polly Smythe reports.

ACFM: What’s the Hidden Unpaid Labour That Keeps the Economy Running?

The ACFM crew explain how social reproduction gets us back into work, day after day.

Analysis: What We Know About the New Left Party So Far

Richard Hames

Following months of clamouring for a new left party, one has suddenly turned up. Richard Hames explains what we know so far.

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Opinion: We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys

Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel “Woody” Woodhouse

In 2017, we broke into a BAE Systems airfield to stop jets from going to bomb Yemen, write Sam Walton and Daniel Woodhouse. Our lenient treatment exposes the Palestine Action ban for what it is: racist and politically motivated.

Report: Reform Threw the Kitchen Sink at Scottish By-Election – And Came Third

Adam Ramsay

Despite rolling out a campaign bus, Nigel Farage and controversial adverts for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat, Reform’s Scottish breakthrough is not materialising. Adam Ramsay reports.

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Analysis: Keir Starmer, the Rightwing Media Hates You. Get Used to It

Simon Childs

No amount of pandering to rightwingers will make them go easy on the government, writes Simon Childs. So why bother?

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Analysis: Trade Unions Left a Political Vacuum. Now They’re Playing Catch-Up to Fight Off Reform

Polly Smythe

Nigel Farage is only pretending to be a champion of the working class, but pointing out that he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing won't cut it. Polly Smythe reports on how trade unions ceded ground to Reform - and how they're now planning to fight.

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Opinion: Voting Labour Won’t Save Us From Reform

Harriet Williamson

Reform UK is standing more candidates than any other party in next month's local elections. But casting a ballot for Labour won't save our communities from far-right creep, writes Harriet Williamson.

Opinion: Keir Starmer Is Driving Scotland Towards Independence. The Least He Can Do Is Let Us Go

Adam Ramsay

A chunk of Scottish voters have tended to think that Scotland doesn’t need independence, just a Labour government. But with the party now in power, the tide has turned, writes Adam Ramsay.