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Shaw and the sun

12 October 2017

Founding Fabian George Bernard Shaw could often be found soaking up the rays in his rotating shed, writes Tania Woloshyn Image: Wellcome Collection Of all the images you may have come across of the illustrious Fabian, Nobel laureate and famous playwright, George...

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For richer lives

12 October 2017

The pledge to invest more in our public services has resonated with the public but we now need to go even further, writes Heather Wakefield Bliss it was indeed to wake to Labour’s 2017 manifesto – and more blissful yet to...

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Corbyn's effect

11 October 2017

Corbynism is a collective endeavour in the best Labour tradition – and there is much more to come, writes Mark Perryman Over the past two years what has made the Corbynite challenge so distinctive, and has become a core part of...

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Economic and social rights as human rights

9 October 2017

Many people in the UK live in a chronic state of fear and anxiety and a profound dissatisfaction with the way things are. There is a great deal to be concerned about: job insecurity, old age, increasingly uncertain access to...

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In control

9 October 2017

Disabled people must be able to shape policies that transform their lives, writes Marsha de Cordova When the Labour party was founded in 1900, its explicit aim was to increase labour representation in Parliament. It was about empowering working class people...

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