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In the run up to the budget, @UniteSharon and @UnitePolitics says borrowing to invest is nothing like Truss’s unfunded tax cuts and urges the chancellor to tax the super-rich rather than settle for “managed decline”. leftfield.org.uk/articles/do…

Don’t let the markets scare you off investing, Unite tells Healey

Union says borrowing to invest is nothing like Truss’s unfunded tax cuts and urges the chancellor to tax the super-rich rather than settle for “managed decline”.

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As John Healey prepares his first budget with the biggest taxes already off the table, Daniel Emmett-Gulliver argues that the real debate isn’t how much we pay – it’s what our taxes should deliver. leftfield.org.uk/articles/be…

Before we argue about how much tax, ask what it’s for

As John Healey prepares his first budget with the biggest taxes already off the table, Daniel Emmett-Gulliver argues that the real debate isn’t how much we pay – it’s what our taxes should deliver.

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Labour held Holborn and St Pancras. But: 📉 Majority cut to 3,364 - the lowest since 1983 📈 Greens up 22 points on 2024 🗳️ Turnout just 38.8% A bad week for Polanski. Not the end of the Green surge. Here’s our take on it all. 👇 leftfield.org.uk/articles/po…

Polanski lost Holborn and St Pancras, but the Green surge isn’t over

Defeat in Holborn and St Pancras caps a damaging week for Zack Polanski. But a 22-point rise and Labour’s slimmest-ever majority there show the forces behind the Green advance remain.

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Green Party members have voted to declare that Zionism is racism, passing the motion by 1,022 votes to 813 on a card vote at the party’s autumn conference in Brighton on Sunday. leftfield.org.uk/articles/gr…

Greens pass “Zionism is racism” motion as amendments fall

Green party members voted by 1,022 to 813 to declare Zionism a form of racism and back a single democratic state, rejecting three amendments that would have softened the motion.

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There was a fantastic Life of the Party podcast live session last night. Check the @LeftField2026 article here with pics of the event.   @BHGreens @m00dyjonas @josephalextodd @Shanice_OM @Lifeofpartypod @GreensOrganise leftfield.org.uk/articles/no…

“Nobody is coming to save us”: Greens’ left asks what it takes to build an ecosocialist party

The Life of the Party podcast brought its live show to Brighton, pitting ecosocialism against ecopopulism and urging Green members to organise, stand and argue.

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Great Life of the Party pod session tonight. Fantastic stuff! Check out @LeftField2026 website in the morning for an article with pics on the event. @BHGreens @m00dyjonas @josephalextodd @Shanice_OM @Lifeofpartypod @GreensOrganise
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Zack Polanski accused Labour of half measures and timidity as he told the Greens’ largest ever conference that the party had changed the country and must now be bold. @TheGreenParty @ZackPolanski leftfield.org.uk/articles/vo…

“Vote Green and watch Labour move”: Polanski fires up record Brighton conference

Zack Polanski accused Labour of half measures and timidity as he told the Greens’ largest ever conference that the party had changed the country and must now be bold.

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We continue with our coverage of the Greens’ autumn conference with this interesting piece on whether the Green party is really the most democratic party in Britain. leftfield.org.uk/articles/is…

Is the Green party really Britain’s most democratic party?

The Greens like to present themselves as more democratic than their rivals. Look past conference and the picture is far messier, says Andrew Hedges.

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As the Greens assemble on the south coast for their autumn conference, here’s our preview on what to expect when the doors open in Brighton. leftfield.org.uk/articles/br…

Brighton or bust: can the Greens stay radical and still grow up?

A resurgent Labour, a record membership and their leader fighting Keir Starmer’s old seat. This weekend will test whether the Greens can modernise without losing their edge.

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The @NUJofficial has warned that each round of the BBC’s ongoing cuts are weakening the broadcaster’s case for public funding and only inviting the next wave. The NUJ says that the BBC risks becoming trapped in an avoidable “doom spiral”. leftfield.org.uk/articles/bb…

BBC heading for avoidable ‘doom spiral’ with constant cuts, says NUJ

With hundreds more jobs at risk in local radio, sport and Wales, the NUJ warns that each round of cuts weakens the BBC’s case for public funding and invites the next.

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New opinion piece on Left Field: The proposed new national care service could be the NHS of our time, if Burnham has the courage to deliver it, argues Daniel Emmett-Gulliver. leftfield.org.uk/articles/bu…

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.

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The Tenementals’ new single tells the story of the Calton weavers, shot dead by troops in 1787. It backs a campaign to strip army officers of their civic honours and restore the weavers’ neglected graves. We have the story here. leftfield.org.uk/articles/gl…

Glasgow band’s new song demands justice for Scotland’s first working-class martyrs

The Tenementals’ new single tells the story of the Calton weavers, shot dead by troops in 1787. It backs a campaign to strip army officers of their civic honours and restore the weavers’ neglected...

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Great to see these young activists demonstrating outside Labour’s conference in Liverpool today. They want the PM to tackle youth unemployment and the climate crisis together. @GNDRising leftfield.org.uk/articles/yo…

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.

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We’ll be in Liverpool covering Labour’s conference this week. Here’s what to expect. leftfield.org.uk/articles/la…

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.

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Left Field will be on the ground reporting from the Labour and Green conferences in Liverpool and Brighton over the next two weeks. We’ll also be promoting the website and our weekly enews. You can also help fund our efforts here. gofundme.com/f/support-left-…

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A fully-funded scheme is looking for 40 young people to build organising skills and take climate action together. Applications close on Wednesday 9 September. Sign up to the @GNDRising Leadership Programme today! #greenparty #campaigning leftfield.org.uk/articles/gr…

Green New Deal Rising opens applications for 2026 leadership programme

A fully-funded scheme is looking for 40 young people to build organising skills and take climate action together. Applications close on Wednesday 9 September.

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Left Field’s @Andrew_Hedges_ has reviewed this brilliant new book, published this week by @m00dyjonas, that doubles as a portrait of his own County Durham and argues that the left needs to empower the classes it aspires to represent. leftfield.org.uk/articles/fr…

From pit villages to retail parks: How the working class can win again

Andrew Hedges reviews a new book, published this week, that doubles as a portrait of his own County Durham and argues that the left must learn from Thatcher’s success at ‘subject formation’ if it...

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Here’s @WalkersRambles take on some of the media issues around the Jason Arday scandal. This needs investigating and sections of the press should hang their heads in shame. There’s a petition linked in the article that deserves wide circulation too. leftfield.org.uk/articles/wh…

When coverage stops being scrutiny and starts being a hunt

Jason Arday resigned amid plagiarism claims. Then the media kept coming. A week later, he was found dead – and the press has serious questions to answer.

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More than 50 organisations, from Greenpeace to Friends of the Earth, have written to the prime minister demanding he name fossil fuels as the cause of this summer’s extreme weather. @GNDRising leftfield.org.uk/articles/gr…

Green groups call on Burnham to end silence on climate change

More than 50 organisations, from Greenpeace to Friends of the Earth, have written to the prime minister demanding he name fossil fuels as the cause of this summer’s extreme weather.

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A shocking new report from the RCN union exposes the scale of grotesque exploitation of staff taking place in the social care sector. leftfield.org.uk/articles/mi…

Migrant nurses exploited by care employers, RCN report finds

Nearly 400 cases of exploitation in three years, from illegal repayment demands to underpayment and bullying – as the RCN calls on Andy Burnham’s government to end employers’ grip on nurses’ visas.

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