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How market madness is throttling broadband
Britain could have led the world in fibre broadband. Instead, hostility to nationalised industries and blind faith in the market shut development down – and are still holding back the country’s productive forces…
Manufacturing future for North
The vote to leave the EU has induced a frenzy of pessimistic media forecasts about the future of investment and productive activity in Britain.
Migration - The truth is out
Data from the Office for National Statistics published in October show the number of Romanians and Bulgarians resident in Britain soared by 79 per cent in the previous two years.
Poverty worst in London
London has the severest poverty in Britain, a new study shows.
Record numbers in care
Official data show 72,000 children were in care in England at the end of March, up 3 per cent on the previous year.
How crashes happen
There’s only one way to avoid financial crashes: break the power of finance capitalism…
No deal is what we want
The spectacle of a British prime minister scuttling back and forth to Brussels displaying a desperate desire for a Brexit deal with the EU, is a betrayal of the 2016 referendum vote. We don’t want a deal, we want out.
Pay strike stops buses in North West
Over 2000 Unite bus workers in 11 depots took strike action on Thursday 19 October over pay, paralysing local bus networks in the North West.
Carillion on the brink
16 October 2017
Carillion, a British company running construction and facilities management services across the globe, posted a £1.5 billion loss in the first half of 2017. This has been followed by a retreat from outsourced and private contracting across the Middle East, North America and Britain.
City University: improved leave
16 October 2017
Workers at City University in London have secured better terms and conditions. This came from the negotiating strategy entered into by the Unison branch over annual leave
TUC: 150 years young in 2018
16 October 2017
Workers need trade unions as much as ever. The TUC and its affiliates are now preparing for the momentous 150th anniversary in 2018. What can we learn from the TUC’s history?