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
Storm Bert: forgotten Welsh towns drown in neglect
As waters rise and defences fail, working-class communities abandoned by Westminster face nature’s fury while in a bitterly ironic turn, the descendants of miners pay the price for the legacy fossil fuels, writes GUTO DAVIES
SUBMERGED: Firefighters pump water from Sion Street by the River Taff, in Pontypridd, November 24
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
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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
ON the morning of Sunday November 24 this year, the village in which I live, Trehafod, was under siege from a rising tide of water.
Following the worst of Storm Bert through the night, the only roads into Trehafod from north and south, along with the railway line, were all closed due to flooding.
In the meantime, the river Rhondda to the west was rising at an alarming rate, while to the east, culverts were gushing fiercely down the rocky mountainside. The village felt like a perilous place to be, with no escape route.
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