Climate change and net zero policy
Can Britain move away from fossil fuels and adapt to climate change? Yes, to a degree, and these would be good aims. But government net zero policy targets won’t help…
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Maternity care in the NHS must change
The standard of maternity care remains a dire concern. The new prime minister sees solutions in devolution but the evidence points to problems in maternity care across Britain regardless of funding models…
The answer is nuclear
Look closely at the environmental and other costs of renewable energy technologies, and they can’t hold a candle to nuclear power…
Slavery and industrial revolution
Revolutions are made from within countries, not imposed from without. That goes for Britain’s industrial revolution, too…
Museum staff in walkouts
Workers have not been lying down during the summer heat. Across the country they have been taking action against employers where working conditions are not good enough.
Bus drivers act over conditions
Over 1,500 Arriva North London bus drivers took strike action during August over hot weather working.
Biomedical workers’ pay fight
Hundreds of Unite members at a number of biomedical establishments have been on strike after derisory pay offers.
Migration: Residents protest
Villagers at Barnham in Suffolk and at Piddington in Oxfordshire are defending the tranquillity of their tiny communities against the mass settlement of migrants in their midst...
Car Industry: Good news for Sunderland
Unite has welcomed Nissan’s plans for joint car production with China’s part state-owned Chery at its Sunderland plant.
Mergers: Workers paying the price
Morrisons, the supermarket company, was bought by US private equity company Clayton Dubilier & Rice in 2021 in a deal that saddled Morrisons with £6.6 billion of debt.
NHS workers in action
26 August 2026
Strikes by health workers over pay have been taking place all over the country. Those involved include health visitors, operating theatre staff and pathology staff.
Dollars and debt
26 August 2026
Worried about its own currency, the US has been forced to provide an emergency loan to Japan – to stop it selling dollars to prop up the yen.