‘Cool Britannia?’
Over the last few months, we all know or have heard about a child being sent home from school because…
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Monica Lennon knocked out of Scottish Labour leadership contest
Scottish Labour members will choose between Michael Marra and Joe Fagan as the party’s next leader after Monica…
Planning ahead
Britain desperately needs more housing. It also desperately needs the infrastructure that will support that housing. It needs…
Scottish Labour leadership election: Who are MPs and MSPs backing?
The battle for endorsements is well underway in Scottish Labour as nominations open for the party’s leadership contest.…
‘Under Labour, the NHS must treat overseas nurses as professionals – not numbers’
The NHS could not function without nurses recruited from overseas. Yet if Labour is serious about building a…
Letters to the Editor – week ending 16 August 2026
Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your…
‘Kicking foreign nationals out of their council homes is illiberal, immoral and financially incoherent’
With weary predictability, the news drops of the Conservative Party’s latest attempt to outcompete Reform, on the questionable…
Jayne Bryant MS calls for recall of Senedd to respond to wildfires
Labour politicians have renewed demands for the Welsh Parliament to be recalled as wildfires ravage parts of South…
‘The Greens’ performative weekly litter picks let council failures go unchallenged’
Most people want clean streets and parks, and they recognise that maintaining public spaces is a vital public…
Farage is a whiny winner – and that’s not attractive to voters
As expected Nigel Farage has won his by-election in Clacton. In fact, from some perspectives this was a…
