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Does This Budget ‘Level Up’?

After a decade of Conservative rule, Britain is the most regionally unequal economy in the developed world. The new government was elected on a pledge to redress this inequality – but today's budget does the bare minimum.

Sunak’s Spending Spree

Today's budget exposes the truth about a decade of austerity – it wasn't an economic necessity but a political choice. Now the Left must seize the initiative on this new terrain where economics has been repoliticised, argues Grace Blakeley.

Stockport’s Radical History

Newly-elected MP Nav Mishra delivers his maiden speech on the radical history of Stockport – from Friedrich Engels to the suffragettes and the town's contribution to the fight for democracy at Peterloo.

The Red Baker

Sarah Woolley – the first woman general secretary of the bakers' union BFAWU – on the experiences that shaped her path into the trade union movement and why she's supporting Rebecca Long-Bailey to lead a Labour Party that fights for workers.

The Corona Crash

Today's coronavirus crash in the stock market is exposing the frailty of global capitalism – and with governments tapped out on quantitative easing, only significant public investment on the scale of a Green New Deal can prevent a slump.

The Cost of Gentrification

Across Britain, gentrification tears working-class and BAME communities apart. But this kind of urban renewal is not inevitable – it is the result of a choice to place profits ahead of people in our cities.

A Suffragette in America

Sylvia Pankhurst's visits to America profoundly shaped her radical worldview – and threw her into some of the era's most high-profile battles between workers and their bosses.