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Voice of experience

As the longest serving opposition leader in British political history, Neil Kinnock has plenty of lessons to share. He talks to Mary Riddell about Labour's leadership battle and his predictions for the party's future.


It is easy to imagine that Neil...

Giving refugees and communities a say in resettlement

Public discussion on refugee protection tends to focus on headline numbers set by policymakers. In Britain one of these numbers is 20,000. That is, in September 2015 David Cameron promised to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees in Britain by 2020. The...

Challenging times

She did not emerge as the candidate, but Angela Eagle sparked Labour’s leadership contest after Brexit led the parliamentary party’s uneasy truce to collapse. She tells Conor Pope why Labour can’t go on as it is – and why there...

The unlikely shadow chancellor

John McDonnell’s elevation to shadow chancellor startled him as much as anyone. He talks to Mary Riddell about his unexpected journey from crusader of the left to leading the battle to regain Labour’s economic credibility.

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