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
Stanislaus Carberry: 200 witnesses ignored
RICHARD RUDKIN reports on the efforts to expose a suspected summary execution and cover-up when security forces gunned down a 34-year-old republican on the Falls Road
Stanislaus Carberry’s family are launching a civil case
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
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
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
IMAGINE if it was revealed that 47 years ago, a man who allegedly hijacked a car had been shot dead by police on a busy road in London, yet despite there being many public witnesses, statements were only taken from the four police involved in the shooting, the owner of the hijacked car and one other witness?
Would there not be some concern for the family of the victim, that they have waited too long for answers? Would the mainstream media not be asking MPs from both the government and opposition for comments?
Would there not be a general consensus by all MPs regardless of party that as Britain does not subscribe to a “shoot-to-kill” policy, albeit alleged criminal or not, justice must prevail and the police must not be allowed to act as judge, jury and executioner?
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