
Ian Byrne: “Hunger is a political choice”
The Labour MP on Fans Supporting Foodbanks, Hillsborough and tackling inequality.
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The Labour MP on Fans Supporting Foodbanks, Hillsborough and tackling inequality.
ByMy unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
ByThe Minister for Employment on why only a Labour government can fix this crisis.
By“Drama is always political – it’s about human beings and how we interact with the world.”
Keir Starmer says in private that lifting the two-child cap is his personal priority.
ByA Labour government has taken millions of children out of poverty before. It can do so again.
ByIn a time of brutal inequality, can the former prime minister still imagine a better world?
ByAlso this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
ByBritain and Germany are walking into the same fiscal doom loop.
ByThe poor cannot wait; we need emergency action this winter.
ByAlso featuring Family Meal by Bryan Washington and Pure Wit by Francesca Peacock.
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByMy friend turned to me at one stage and whispered “help” with the desperation of someone seeking rescue from the…
ByIn the latest episode, Shiv Roy appears to echo Gordon Brown’s cry of betrayal at Tony Blair.
ByAfter 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
ByIf Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
ByKeir Starmer’s plan for more devolution is welcome, but ameliorating our social crises will require sustained public investment.
ByStephen Straughan discusses how a major cyberattack on space-based services could cause chaos.
ByBy launching a review into supporting start-ups, Starmer is prepping the ground for a more interventionist state.
BySenates usually end up as constitutional embarrassments.
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