Andy Burnham’s message of hope will defeat Reform if Labour delivers the New Deal for Working People in full, says JOANNE THOMAS
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The trans conundrum – what is the real meaning of ‘gender’?
Blurring the line between the objective reality of biological sex and ‘gender identity’ acts to reinforce politically conservative ideas under the guise of socially progressive modernisation, writes MIRANDA YARDLEY
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
“The only negative reaction that I’ve seen [to the first report of sessions on Transgender Equality] has been by individuals purporting to be feminists.” — Maria Miller, Conservative MP for Basingstoke and chair of the women’s equality committee.
On January 14, the women and equalities committee issued the Transgender Equality first report of session.
While the report boldly asserts that “fairness and equality are basic British values” and boasts that “Britain has been among the countries going furthest in recognising gay, lesbian and bisexual rights,” it opines that the country is “still failing this test in respect of trans people.”
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