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TUC GENERAL SECRETARY: Paul Nowak
Employment Rights Act / 17 July 2026
17 July 2026

TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK tells Ben Chacko that Labour can win back disillusioned voters by delivering workplace reforms, rebuilding trust and challenging the far right’s growing influence

Durham Miners' Gala 2026 [Pic: Neil Terry]
Durham Miners' Gala 2026 / 13 July 2026
13 July 2026

Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics

DMA general secretary Alan Mardghum
Durham Miners’ Gala / 11 July 2026
11 July 2026

Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko about the PM-in-waiting, the threat of Reform and the radical change of direction this country needs

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2026
Western Europe / 3 July 2026
3 July 2026
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (right) alongside shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer during a press conference in central London
EU Referendum / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise

Copies of the Morning Star
Features / 13 June 2026
13 June 2026

Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month

FBU leader Steve Wright and Diane Abbott at the Morning Star conference in April
Features / 30 May 2026
30 May 2026

The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period