Local government: destroying jobs
The widespread onslaught on local jobs and services continues, as the government’s false economies grind on.
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Pensions: thanks to the EU, it's not all over yet
Despite progress in the universities pensions fight, the employers still do not accept – and many staff still fail to understand – that there is no pensions deficit at all. It’s actually a destructive fabrication imposed by EU diktat…
Labour's Brexit betrayal
2 October 2018
Labour has aligned itself with those in Westminster who want to betray Britain, betray the trust that people put in the referendum process, and betray democracy itself.
NHS workers must remain vigilant
1 October 2018
In June the government asked NHS England to make a 10-year plan, and guaranteed real funding increases over the next 5 years. NHS workers must remain vigilant to take advantage of the opportunity to repair damage done to the service.
Bolton rally shows spirit for EU fight
27 September 2018
The 1,500 enthusiastic Brexiteers who came to Leave Means Leave’s Bolton rally show that the people are ready to fight for Brexit.
Heads march to reverse cuts
27 September 2018
Head teachers are to march on Downing Street on Friday 28 September in an unprecedented bid to get improved and sufficient school funding.
How free movement is wrecking Romania
With much of its young workforce now abroad, Romania is increasingly a country of old people and children – and utterly dependent on the EU.
TUC opposed in closet call for second referendum
13 September 2018
Instead of calling for – effectively – a second referendum, TUC unions should follow the RMT’s lead and assert their own sovereignty against the employers.
EU rules 'waste food' and add to pollution
13 September 2018
EU rules force around a third of all fruit and vegetables produced on British farms are thrown away purely because they don’t look good enough, scientists say.
Class sizes rise as teacher shortage bites
12 September 2018
England's schools are facing a severe shortage of teachers, says a new report from the Education Policy Institute.
Pensions: university bosses try it on again
7 September 2018
University managements are circulating a pension proposal to university workers for consultation based on fundamentally flawed assumptions about the economy and interest rates.
Network Rail to use Brexit to scrap money-eating EU regulations
24 August 2018
Network Rail has confirmed that it will use the freedoms presented by next year’s Brexit to cut needless costs.