Labour

Reform UK are at the centre of a shift in far right politics (Photo: reformparty_uk/X)
Anti-racism

Far right scumbags out for all of us

Reform UK is shifting even further to the right
25 August 2026
Lib Dem councillor says the fires are ‘the worst thing that has happened in a long time’ to the West Midlands town (Photo: WikipediaCommons)
Environment

Stourbridge residents slam Burnham’s heatwave response as ‘pathetic’ as their houses burn

19 homes have been destroyed and at least 19 more damaged
16 August 2026
Labour

Teachers and parents slam Labour plan for primaries to monitor children for ‘joblessness risk’

Another Blairite gimmick
10 August 2026
Thousands of prisoners are being inhumanely held on IPP sentences in prisons like HMP Cardiff (Photo: WikipediaCommons)
Labour

Thousands imprisoned ‘arbitrarily’ despite Labour’s prisoner release scheme

Human rights groups say the sentences are 'torture'
07 August 2026
Anti-racism

Key takeaways from the Manchester mayoral by-election

Threat of far right remains
01 August 2026
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Labour

Burnham commits to increase defence spending by billions

Prime minister claims military investment can regenerate local communities
31 July 2026
News

Dozens arrested at Defend Our Juries protest

Some were arrested just for sitting down
30 July 2026
Labour

What Burnham should do to solve the crisis in social care

Stop private equity companies raking it in
29 July 2026
Activists need to build the fightback for the international day of action for Palestine on 10 October
Labour

Arms factory protesters demand Burnham ends complicity in genocide

Hundreds of protesters raged outside the Elbit Systems factory in Filton
23 July 2026
Comment

Demand nationalisation without compensation and put people before profit

Burnham has said that public ownership is an option for Thames Water
21 July 2026
News

State deepens drive to war on uni and college campuses

35 institutions have signed up for the Defence Universities Alliance (DUA)
21 July 2026
Starmer stopped Burnham’s by-election bid out of fear that he would mount a leadership challenge
Alex Callinicos

Alex Callinicos: Burnham will need more than words

He conjures up the promise of more radical change
20 July 2026
Labour

Palestine demo demands Andy Burnham stops Labour support for Israel

Palestine movement broke Starmer
18 July 2026
Labour’s mixed up message on migration
Labour

Burnham promises change, but can he deliver?

He said Labour has been ‘wearing too many Tory clothes’
17 July 2026
The King’s Speech on Wednesday had one hell of an introduction this year. “For two decades our country has been buffeted by crisis after crisis—the 2008 financial crash, the Tory austerity that followed it, Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine war,” it reads. “The response in each case was always a desperate attempt to get back to a status quo—even though that same status quo had repeatedly made working people pay the price.” Socialist Worker wasn’t moonlighting for the Labour government. That was Keir Starmer’s forward to the King’s Speech, where the Labour government lays out its legislative plans for the coming year. If only he’d been in a position to do something about it? He didn’t—and he won’t if you look at what Labour’s really proposing in the King’s Speech. The speech came as Starmer tried to cling on amid growing calls for his resignation from Labour MPs and trade union leaders. It comes after Labour’s meltdown in the local elections in England and the Welsh parliamentary election last week. Two key pieces of legislation rehashed the promises that Starmer made in his desperate speech on Monday. • The Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill will give ministers the power to nationalise the near bankrupt company British Steel. Labour refused to nationalise the steel plant in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, for fear of upsetting big business last April. He allowed Reform UK to outflank him on nationalisation then—and his pledge is too little, too late now. • A European Partnership Bill will allow ministers to fast-track laws on co-operation agreements with the European Union (EU). By making vaguely anti-Brexit sounding noises, he vainly hopes to win back voters from the Green Party without having to make any left wing promises. Starmer may not want to tax the rich to pay for public services—but there will be money for big business. • The Regulating for Growth Bill promises to “boost innovation”. This means money for developing “defence technology”—in other words, the means of destruction and death—and AI controlled ships. • A Civil Aviation Bill will make it easier to expand airports with new powers over take-off and landing slots. There was a little carrot for working class people… • A Social Housing Renewal Bill would exempt newly-built social homes in England from Right to Buy for 35 years. • An Electricity Generator Levy Bill would slightly increase the tax charged on “excess profits” of firms that generate electricity—but not the utility giants that fleece our bank accounts. ….but there is a whole lot more stick. • The Courts Modernisation Bill will push through plans to “scale back” the use of jury trials in England and Wales. • The Immigration and Asylum Bill will make it easier to revoke refugee status. And, in a piece of imperialist posturing, the Tackling State Threats Bill will allow the government to “ban” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Which isn’t based in Britain. Starmer is clinging to his position amid growing calls for his resignation (Photo: Number 10/Flickr)
Labour

Starmer broke one pledge after another

Hardship was always placed on working class people
17 July 2026
Children in a classroom as child poverty rises in Britain
Comment

Austerity hurts children’s health

Children from ethnic minority and poorer backgrounds are being failed
15 July 2026
Mahmood wants to sugarcoat the plans by proposing some new routes for asylum seekers (Photo: ShabanaMahmood/X)
Comment

Labour plays into far right lies

Politicians using victims of child abuse as a political football
15 July 2026
A solidarity march and protest held in Portland, Dorset, in 2023 sends a clear message that refugees were welcome in Dorset but not on prison barges
Anti-racism

Oppose Labour’s plans to turn army barracks into camps for refugees

'Refugees welcome, community not camps'
13 July 2026
Unite the union at the 2026 Durham Miners' Gala
Labour

Anticipation, hope and scepticism about Burnham at Durham Miners’ Gala

Trade unionists say, 'If Burnham doesn’t deliver, support could end'
11 July 2026
Keir Starmer addressing a Defence careers fair in Downing Street last year
News

Labour’s military spending plan threatens up to 10,000 jobs

Labour plans to steal £6.8 billion from other sectors to feed the war machine
03 July 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Defence Secretary John Healey visit the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood
Labour

Labour’s war drive makes workers pay

Billions more for Labour's 'defence investment plan' leaves workers poorer and less safe
01 July 2026
A lot of young people "don't have any access to mental health services until they’d hit crisis point" (Photo: WikipediaCommons)
Labour

Inequality and racism drive crisis in children’s mental health services

Damning new report from the Children’s Commissioner
30 June 2026
Mahmood wants to sugarcoat the plans by proposing some new routes for asylum seekers (Photo: ShabanaMahmood/X)
Anti-racism

Labour’s safe routes are no more than a racist ruse

Mahmood wants to sugarcoat the plans by proposing safe new routes
29 June 2026
Today, Burnham is part of the “soft left” of Labour —but what does that mean? (Photo: AndyBurnhamGM/X)
Labour

Andy Burnham promises ‘hope in every heart’—but there’s a sting

It will be in 10 years time
29 June 2026