A united Britain – no to devolution!
From the start of his tenure as prime minister, Andy Burnham seems to be doing everything in his power to fragment Britain, just when unity is most needed…
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Industry and Britain – the need to rebuild
There is a growing realisation that increasing dependency on imports of manufactured goods, food and energy presents many risks…
The economic state of Britain
Many comments ahead of the Budget talk about the need to spend on defence and that welfare payments are unaffordable. The country’s finances are unsustainable, but not for the reasons government and economists say.
Net zero: a money machine for finance capital
So much about the government’s policy of reaching net zero by 2050 doesn’t seem to make any sense – until you start looking at the billions and trillions of pounds involved in getting there…
Land should be used for farming and food
Many people would agree that Britain’s land should be used for greater self-sufficiency in food. Yet the government is doing nothing to help that, indeed quite the opposite…
How capitalism is tainting the beautiful game
Like a bad smell, capitalism gets everywhere if it’s not stopped. In this two-part feature we examine its impact on sport. We start with football, worldwide…
Independence, immigration and community
From an unequal agreement with the EU on youth mobility to low thresholds for wages in shortage occupations, governments are relentlessly encouraging more immigration to Britain. That is bad for the working class…
Cold winds are blowing through Britain’s research
Another government, another change in the way research is funded. The Burnham regime has already seen the dismantling of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology…
This new defence plan is not what Britain needs
The Defence Investment Plan was Keir Starmer’s parting gift to his successor. And like everything Starmer did, it is part ineffective, part downright dangerous…
Brexit 10 years on: the fight for independence
A decade after the epic vote to leave the European Union, the fight for independence continues - in the face of continuing attempts by government and the establishment to ignore or overturn the referendum...
North Sea oil is vital
Measures to authorise new investment in North Sea oil and gas are becoming increasingly urgent…
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…
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…
War in the Middle East: a working class response
A recent CPBML meeting discussed how workers here can respond to foreign wars. One conclusion: removing Britain from the crumbling NATO alliance would be a good start…
Counting the cost of inflation measures
How to measure the rate of inflation may seem a technical, dry subject. And much of it is. But its implications matter for workers, not least because of its role as a reference point for pay bargaining…
Accounting for energy
When talking about energy policy, it’s worth looking in detail at Britain’s energy needs and supply – and what that means for industry and households…
For British independence, for peace
We live in dangerous times – often said, but it’s true. The world is getting steadily more dangerous. But there is a way forward: independence…
Gearing up for action
Teachers are heading for struggle, returning to issues not settled after action in recent years…
The fight for the Arctic: grabbing its resources
In the second of a two-part feature Workers looks at the contest between the EU and the other imperial powers for the Arctic’s natural resources…
London: the sharp end of the housing crisis
Homelessness and high rents are two linked aspects of the housing crisis for workers in Britain…
Scotland: workers’ resistance a priority
Devolution does not help British workers. The answer is to wrest power for the working class, and not give it away to posturing politicians…
Social care is a class question
Governments are obsessed with the affordability of adult social care. But they never confront the matter so intimately linked with older people’s physical and mental decline – the decline of Britain…
Inflation: war on workers
War means that prices, and taxes, go up. It is both a cause of inflation and an excuse for government and employers to pass off a systemic element of capitalism as nothing to do with them…
North Sea energy for Britain!
Britain relies on oil and gas for around three-quarters of its energy – a level that has hardly changed in decades. We will be relying on oil and gas for the foreseeable future, as the Climate Change Committee says…
The fight for the Arctic: preparing for war
In the first of a two-part feature Workers looks at what’s going on in the Arctic, and the looming war over its natural resources…
The steel industry needs energy to survive
On 19 March the government announced its steel strategy, including import tariffs. But there are wider challenges to face to secure the vital industry, particularly the cost of energy…
Small step for steel industry not enough
27 March 2026
On 19 March the government announced its steel strategy, including import tariffs. But there are wider challenges to face to secure the vital industry, particularly the cost of energy.
No to NATO and US warmaking!
Britain needs to be out of NATO and out of the grip of US foreign policy. The alternative is to be dragged into wars of America’s – and the EU’s – making…
Education: funding crisis hits special needs
The government says it is going to completely reform the special educational needs and disabilities system. Professionals and parents are looking on with scepticism…
Drowning in debt
Debt hangs over British workers, and it’s growing – forcing millions of workers to depend for their existence on finance capitalism…