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Report: Keir Starmer Had a Photo-Op at the Telegraph As Part of His Rightwing Media Tour
Simon Childs
After a week of courting the Times, the Sun and the Spectator, a source told Novara Media the Labour leader posed for photos at the offices of the Telegraph.
Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?
Ell Folan
Labour has suggested it will never reinstate Jeremy Corbyn, fuelling rumours he could stand as an independent or even run to be mayor of London. But would he succeed without his party? Ell Folan assesses his chances.
Analysis: No, Sunak Probably Won’t Close Labour’s Poll Lead
Ell Folan
The slick ex-banker will certainly dent the Labour lead, writes Ell Folan – but it’s unlikely he’ll be able to win a fifth term for the Tories.
Feature: Developer Landlords Are Trying to Take Over Liverpool
Abi O’Connor
Aided and abetted by local government, developer landlords are bidding to buy up the city.
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.
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.
Downstream: People Used Anything to Attack Me
Jeremy Corbyn talks to Aaron Bastani about the mainstream media, the antisemitism crisis, Alistair Campbell and King Charles III.
Labour Vs the Unions
Is a stand-off between the trade unions and the party they founded now inevitable? With Michael Walker, Zarah Sultana, Mick Lynch and John McTernan.
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.
Downstream: Apsana Begum: Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me
Exclusive: Three months after the Labour party ‘weaponised’ abuse that left her in A&E, Britain’s first hijabi MP Apsana Begum returns to politics.
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: Will the Unions Actually Ditch Labour?
Tom Williams
With the Labour party's betrayal of workers, the threat of union disaffiliation looms. But will it actually happen? Tom Williams takes a look.
Opinion: Local Politicians Are Scapegoating Sex Workers to Score Points With Voters
Layla Caradonna
Anti-strip club campaigns like Bristol mayor Marvin Rees’ are cynical vote-winning ploys.
Opinion: The Forde Report Lays Bare the Lie at the Heart of the Media’s War on Corbyn
Justin Schlosberg
In order to fatally undermine the Corbyn project, the media had to show that Corbyn himself, or at least his office, was complicit in Labour's antisemitism problem. The Forde Report puts this lie to bed, argues Justin Schlosberg.
Opinion: The Right Are Hypocrites – But Pointing It Out Won’t Get Us Anywhere
James Greig
Highlighting hypocrisy feels worthy but is often a waste of political energy.
Analysis: The Media Needs More Labour Correspondents
Sam Bright
Mick Lynch has badly exposed the lack of specialist labour reporters in mainstream media. But it wasn’t always like this, Sam Bright writes.
Analysis: How State-Sanctioned Multiculturalism Killed Radical Anti-Racism in Britain
Ilyas Nagdee & Azfar Shafi
The 1980s saw grassroots solidarity-building supplanted by milquetoast representation politics, write Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nadgee in this extract from their new book.