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“Support doesn’t mean subservience” – Labour left backs Burnham but vows to hold him to account
Socialist Campaign Group MPs and union leaders hailed the prime minister’s conference speech as a win for the left – but warned his words on ending neoliberalism must now become action.
Burnham promises to break with 40 years of failure. Now he has to mean it
The prime minister gave the left much of what it wanted to hear in Liverpool. Moving words are the easy part – taking on the vested interests is where it gets hard.
Burnham’s national care service is the right idea, so why wait?
Daniel Emmett-Gulliver is no fan of the prime minister. But he says a national care service could be the NHS of our time, if Burnham has the courage to deliver it.
Young people hand CVs to a cardboard Burnham in climate jobs protest
With a million young people out of work, education or training, campaigners want the new prime minister to put them to work on the climate crisis.
Labour conference preview: what to watch for in Liverpool
From Andy Burnham’s first leader’s speech to a fringe fight over rent controls he used to champion himself, here’s what actually matters at Labour’s conference this week.
What’s left of Burnham’s promise?
Three months into his premiership, Andy Burnham’s cost-of-living wins amount to a few pounds a week – while the policy he once championed loudest, rent controls, has been ruled out by his own government. The party’s Liverpool conference is where that gap gets harder to ignore.
Jamie Driscoll’s plan to escape Britain’s economic doom loop
The former North of Tyne mayor turned Green councillor on his new report Hostage Nation – and why the left needs a plan for power, not just an argument for it.
Leading Labour: a Radio 4-grade history that stays inside Westminster
From Attlee to Corbyn via Blair's “double shuffle”, Izzy Conn’s podcast series is sharper and better resourced than most left media can afford. Clive Hedges finds a lot to admire, along with a Westminster-shaped blind spot or two.
How money buys British politics
From Farage’s undeclared donations to Burnham's Sainsbury’s-branded leadership bid, political money buys outcomes long before voters get a say. Harry Cross on why the left needs its own war chest – built from pennies, not oligarchs.