By Michael Roberts Today, Britain’s Labour Chancellor (finance minister) Rachel Reeves presented her Spring Statement on government spending plans for the next few years. She
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Editorial: the Gorton and Denton by-election
It is difficult to find the words to describe the seismic significance of the Green Party victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election. It is
Editorial: Mandelson’s rich lifestyle not unique to Labour’s right wing
Peter Mandelson has lit the fuse that will finally blow up the Starmer Labour leadership, although we don’t know quite yet how long the fuse
USDAW members fighting fire and re-hire
By Andy Ford The latest TUC circular to union reps describes the Employment Rights Act 2025 – which has now received ‘Royal Assent’ – as
A Marxist response to the Bennite left, 1986: part two
Left Horizons introduction: This is the second part of Ted Grant’s reply to the policy statement (manifesto) of Chesterfield CLP, a left Labour Party influence
1986 Chesterfield Labour statement: the programme of the Bennite left
Editorial note: Tony Benn was one of the most important figures on the left of the Labour Party in the postwar years. He was one
Aston Villa witch-hunt: Israel desperate to stay in EUFA
By Cain O’Mahony The Labour leadership, egged on by the Tory media, are continuing their bizarre witch-hunt against West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council
Gray Allan – UNISON Falkirk Council Branch Andrea Egan, a social worker from Bolton and Secretary of Bolton local government branch has been elected General
Editorial: socialists condemn killings at Bondi Beach
Socialists and labour movement activists everywhere should condemn without qualification the killing of sixteen Jewish people, and the wounding of dozens more, at Bondi Beach,
By Left Horizons reporters Health Secretary has made it clear that he is prepared to use the hugely expensive and discredited PFI system to fund
