In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The SNP have published their manifesto. Its 50 pages paint a picture of a party stuck in the past and concerned more with changing flags than changing lives.
The contrast with the forward-looking radicalism of Scottish Labour’s manifesto couldn’t be clearer.
Indeed even being clear is something that separates the two documents.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP


