UK

Birmingham's bin workers have held the line for 17 months, but a new coalition council is threatening to unpick the deal that could have ended their fight – and the Greens now hold the key.

A new report says Britain’s crisis runs deeper than any mainstream politician admits. Andy Walker spoke to its co-author Neil McInroy about what real change would take – and why, without it, Reform wins.

The developing crisis in higher education has been little covered by most of the media and, it has to be said, largely ignored by the UK left. Clive Hedges sets the record straight below and exposes a broken system in dire need of radical revision.

New and extensive place-based research reveals that the real politics of post-industrial England is much more complex and much more amenable to progressive politics than usually assumed. Carol Taylor has read the report and highlights some of the lessons for the left.

A new index showing staggering regional inequality launches in Newcastle today and it reveals a UK that is woefully underprepared for the emerging challenges of the near future.

The Ecosocialism Conference 2026 saw climate activists and campaigners gather in London for a day of political discussion, debate and strategy about how to build a future where all people can be provided for in a sustainable way. Conference co-organiser Will McMahon reports.

School leavers were once shown cheerful adverts comparing student loan repayments to taking out a mobile contract. Now, 20 years on, a damning Treasury select committee inquiry suggests that what was sold as a manageable investment in their future was, for many, anything but, as Jenny Curtis reports.

Climate change demands urgent action – but not all proposed solutions hold up to scrutiny. From consumer guilt-tripping to supply-side kneejerk reactions, our response is riddled with well-meaning but counterproductive thinking, says Fred Bayer.

If Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield byelection and then replaces Keir Starmer as Labour leader, what will it mean for the left? Andrew Hedges considers the issues.

Tax campaigner and emeritus professor of accounting at Sheffield University Management School, Richard J Murphy, takes a look at Andy Burnham’s economic proposals and concludes that, rather than offering genuine economic change, they look like a softer version of the same old failed system.