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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Gavin Williamson: should he stay or should he go?
We cannot let PM Johnson continue to erode accountability for those who rule us so badly — the exam scandal should mean the end for the Secretary of State for Education, argues HANK ROBERTS
A student protests against the exam results debacle outside Gavin Williamson’s constituency office
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
FIRST the head of Ofqual Sally Collier went. Now the education permanent secretary Jonathan Slater has gone. Two down — any others to go?
The magnificent victory that we have achieved in preventing the outrageous and pernicious attack on working-class children’s education warrants further reflection and analysis.
Was it incompetence? Certainly. Was it deliberate? Well it certainly wasn’t accidental was it?
The class nature of education policy in Britain, particularly but not exclusively of Conservative governments, is well illustrated by the fact that out of 55 prime ministers, 46 (including Tony Blair) have come from a very small number of elite “public schools.” Boris Johnson is the 20th Old Etonian to be PM.
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