All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Time for Labour to get off the fence
Labour needs to send a clear signal about whose side it's on, says John McDonnell MP
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
The backdrop to this year's Labour Party conference is the drip-drip supply of statistics proclaiming the end of the recession and the start of the recovery.
Only six months ago Chancellor George Osborne was viewed as a political liability for David Cameron and the Tories.
Now he is being rehabilitated as the hero of the hour, portrayed as staunchly lashed to the tiller, steering the country through the storm of the recession with economic sunlight dawning on the horizon.
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