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Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosts his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, July 21, 2026
Politics / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’

Newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey leaves number 11 Downing Street, London. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has entered number 10 Downing Street and among his first tasks is the selection of his new Cabinet, July 20, 2026
Editorial / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at Glasgow International Arena for the 2026 Holyrood elections, May 8, 2026
Voices of Scotland / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER

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Literature / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a pessimistic novel in which Hitler is removed from history, to little effect

Charlotte Hennessy (left), the daughter of 29-year-old Jimmy Hennessy, and Margaret Aspinall, the mother of 18-year-old James Aspinall
Football / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

NATHAN CRITCH hails a new law, which will go some way to prevent state cover-ups, as it passes through the Commons

A woman walks past a mural depicting a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, July 18, 2026
Middle East / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026
President Gustavo Petro addresses supporters, flanked by Vice President Francia Marquez, (left), and Senator Maria Jose Pizarro (right), after a military parade marking Colombia's Independence Day in Bogota, Colombia, July 20, 2026
Latin America / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026
A Sudanese soldier from the Rapid Support Forces or RSF, stands on his vehicle during a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, June 22, 2019
Northeast Africa / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026
Deposed leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel arrives for a rally in Izmir, Turkey, May 26, 2026
Rond-up / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026
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Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff and media at 10 Downing Street in London, July 20, 2026
Politics / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book

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Ann Widdecombe Murder / 19 July 2026
19 July 2026

In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting King Charles III and accepting his invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government, July 20, 2026
Labour Party / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE

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Labour / 19 July 2026
19 July 2026

Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO 

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at Glasgow International Arena for the 2026 Holyrood elections, May 8, 2026
Voices of Scotland / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER

Planet earth by Kevin M Gill/CC
Full Marx / 18 July 2026
18 July 2026

Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School

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Literature / 21 July 2026
21 July 2026

DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy

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Opinon / 20 July 2026
20 July 2026

STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error

MORE TRIUMPH THAN TRASH: Garbage play the Royal Albert Hall October 2022 / Pic: Raph_PH/CC
Live / 17 July 2026
17 July 2026

MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock

Synthetic Sincerity
Cinema / 16 July 2026
16 July 2026

ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity,  Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London

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Clacton / 17 July 2026
17 July 2026

The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum

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Books / 17 July 2026
17 July 2026

RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself