22+ hour, 9+ min ago   (315+ words) BRITAIN’S housing crisis cannot be solved by taking solutions off the table, campaigners told Angela Rayner after she admitted there was only a “slim chance” of meeting the government’s 1.5m homes target. The Housing Secretary acknowledged today that the flagship manifesto…...

23+ hour, 24+ min ago   (434+ words) THE record-breaking sums donated to Reform UK by two super-rich cryptocurrency speculators make it urgent to develop a mass-appeal politics of the millions, not the millionaires. The gap between Burnham’s stated project — correcting a wrong course he says Britain has…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (650+ words) PAUL DONOVAN welcomes a revival of Reginald Rose’s classic play that reminds us of the fundamental need for trials with juries RITA DI SANTO contemplates two films about journalism that opened this year’s festival GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a world-class production…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (409+ words) DATACENTRES will only create a quarter of the jobs projected by tech lobbyists, researchers found today. A report by environmental think tank Verdant predicted all planned data centres in Britain would directly employ 10,400 people, rather than the 40,000 projected by lobby…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1148+ words) Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (946+ words) RITA DI SANTO contemplates two films about journalism that opened this year’s festival GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a world-class production King Lear that pits late feudalism against a rising bourgeoisie MARY CONWAY keeps up with the sheer pace of a drama…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (495+ words) MARY CONWAY keeps up with the sheer pace of a drama about the terrible gap between sanitised reporting and real-life turmoil of race and gender GEOFF BOTTOMS applauds a world-class production King Lear that pits late feudalism against a rising…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (412+ words) MINISTERS have been slammed after announcing another £30 million for a Shetland spaceport. Campaigners said they wanted investment in their communities and peace after it emerged privately owned SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst will receive the cash as part of the government’s…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1270+ words) Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (625+ words) After months of uncertainty over printing and distribution, the first Scottish-printed edition of the Morning Star is soon to roll off the presses Some thinkers and authors on the right are openly discussing the possibility that the historically successful party…...