National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest
Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.
Opinion
America on the cusp: phones vs fascism
We are watching a US inflexion point, where citizen action is confronting state violence and hardening authoritarianism. Where will it lead?
Zack Polanski Learned What Starmer Refuses To: Every Good Story Needs a Villain
Labour is failing to make a compelling case against the far-right, argues progressive campaigns adviser India Thorogood
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
Labour is right to take action to protect children from the harms of social media
Labour MP Patrick Hurley explains why he supports the government’s decision to consult on further steps to protect children online, including whether access to social media should be restricted for under-16s.
Dawn Butler MP: As AI develops at an eye-watering pace and abuse increases, we need a digital bill of rights
We must legislate to place firm guardrails around the individual, ensuring that our rights are protected regardless of how technology changes. We need to bolster our civil rights.
There’s no “iron law” that Labour must lose the Gorton and Denton by-election
Labour won Gorton and Denton with a 13,000 majority in 2024. Jon Trickett MP argues that to win it again, the government must urgently change direction.
Where the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy Needs to Go Further
The Animal Welfare Strategy is a good start, but if it is to be a document we can be proud of, it must close gaps where cruelty is most extreme
GMB Union: It’s time to tackle inequality within Parliament’s workforce. That’s why we’ve launched the One Parliament, One Employer campaign
‘In October 2025, the GMB MPs’ and Peers’ Staff Branch launched a report, exposing vast pay inequalities in Parliament’
Seven ways government could work better – and why it must
Roz Savage sets out how government in the UK could be improved