By Rathi Guhadasan The Socialist Health Association condemns the asylum reforms announced this week by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, which represent a deeply concerning erosion of fundamental health and human rights protections for some of the most vulnerable people in our society. A Betrayal of Health Equity Principles The proposal to make refugee status temporary, subject to regular review every 30 months, and to extend the pathway to settlement from five to twenty years creates a system of prolonged insecurity that is fundamentally incompatible with public health principles.

In the latest edition of the Labour Left Podcast Bryn Griffiths of Labour Hub talks to Bell Ribeiro-Addy of the Socialist Campaign Group about fighting racism within Parliament. Bell entered Parliament in 2019 as the Corbyn period drew to a close within the Labour Party. She entered the Parliamentary Labour Party alongside numerous other new excellent socialists such as Nadia Whittome, Apsana Begum, Kim Johnson and Ian Byrne.

A migration researcher based in Denmark explains the downsides of its “zero asylum” policy and returns system.

The Blackpool Lead has exclusively revealed the family was moved the day after speaking with ITV News – with just two hours' notice.

The UK accused of the "politics of delay" after blocking action at UN talks in both Belém and Nairobi

"This report provides positive solutions, not divisive decisions which continue to fan the flames of hate."

Carol Turner previews this Saturday’s upcoming CND Conference. Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced what she says are “the most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times.” Modelled on Danish legislation that is widely regarded as the most oppressive in Europe, her long list of measures includes lengthening the time before which leave to remain can be granted from 5 to 20 years, and making deporting undocumented migrants easier.

The Right To Food UK Commission, announced in September 2025, was launched in Parliament this week. It will interrogate and report on the scale of food poverty and hunger in the UK today. The scale of food insecurity in Britain today is shocking. Some 14 million people in the UK – one in five of the population – experience some form of food insecurity.

“The Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter,” said Nigel Farage. “Well done patriots,” said Tommy Roboinson. Shabana Mahmood’s proposed reforms to Britain’s immigration rules have drawn fulsome support from some obnoxious quarters – and outrage from Labour MPs and progressives. There is so much wrong with the new regime proposed for refugees that it is difficult to know where to begin.

Plans to protect people and the environment are on a knife edge at the UN climate talks. The UK government must act now to back a fairer, more just future before it’s too late. The climate crisis is r...

By Glyn Robbins I don’t usually share this story. But, on the day the Labour government (“a Labour government”) introduces laws that, when I was growing up in multi-ethnic East London, were the preserve of the National Front, I feel compelled. In late 2010, I was asked (via the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign) if I knew of anyone with a spare room for a Syrian asylum seeker who was homeless and sleeping on the floor of a Brick Lane restaurant.

By End Fuel Poverty Coalition Energy giants have pocketed over £125 billion in profits on their UK operations since the energy crisis started according to an analysis of company reports. Around £40bn has been taken in profit in the UK by just 27 energy firms in the last two years, yet there are continued calls from energy industry lobbyists to…