C19th London: skill and class
As the 19th century dawned, trade unions were made illegal, prices rose, wages fell. Skilled workers led the fightback…
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Fighting Covid-19
Throughout Britain people are working out for themselves what they can do in the fight against Covid-19…
Epidemics - Africa now polio-free
The World Health Organization has certified Nigeria and Cameroon free of polio, a crippling disease that usually affects children under five
Four years on - enough is enough
23 June marked four long years since the people of Britain voted to leave the European Union
Holyrood blocks rail renewal
Again we see divergent policies driving a wedge between Scotland and the rest of Britain.
Student nurses - call to scrap tuition fees
Unions representing nurses, midwives and allied healthcare professionals are calling on the government to improve support during their training.
Foreign supertrawlers on the rise in UK waters
A Greenpeace investigation into supertrawler fishing in protected UK waters has reported that they doubled their activity last year.
Back to school, urge paediatricians
19 June 2020
More than 1,500 paediatricians have signed a letter to the prime minister urgently calling for the government to publish a clear plan for getting all children back to school.
United we stand
A film of the police killing a black man, George Floyd, in the US city of Minneapolis has provoked a huge response of anger and revulsion across the world.
Britain’s coal-free energy not as green as it looks
Britain has now gone for two months without burning coal. But the figures hide the full truth about today’s carbon-neutral energy.
RMT attacks decision to axe Doncaster rail refurbishment jobs
18 June 2020
The RMT union has condemned plans by American giant Wabtec to cut rail refurbishment jobs at Doncaster under the cover of Covid-19.
Message to Johnson: Hong Kong is no longer a colony
Boris Johnson has pledged to give three million Hong Kong residents British citizenship – even though Britain quit the former colony more than two decades ago.