Hospital consultants in England have voted to accept a pay offer. The offer will see most consultants receive increases of between 2.9 and 12.8 per cent on top of 6 per cent already offered in November 2023.
After a year of unprecedented industrial action, the National Education Union discussed what to do next in its ongoing pay campaign at its Easter conference.
Local councils are cutting services and closing facilities across the country. One small town in Wales is making a stand.
Local government minister Simon Hoare announced in February that commissioners would be appointed to run Nottingham City Council.
The increase in net migration into Britain is mainly driven by legal routes and not by people smuggled into the country.
P&O Ferries workers are continuing to protest against the notorious sacking and re-hiring scandal.
22 April 2024
The FA wants to drop cup ties replays. Like the European Super League it’s an example of how capitalism invades and spoils if left to its own devices.
15 April 2024
A ruling by the ECHR finding Switzerland guilty of failing to reduce emission targets represents a big threat to national sovereignty. More claims are sure to follow.
10 April 2024
The devolved government in Wales continues to approve ever larger wind turbines despite objections in pursuit of its dogmatic net zero path. But there is opposition.
10 April 2024
Onshore wind farms are not the answer to Britain’s energy security, but politicians seem to think compulsion will bring people round to accepting them.
9 April 2024
Rail passenger numbers have mushroomed despite government policy that in effect imposes managed decline.
29 March 2024
Most immigration to Britain is by legal routes, the result of long term government policy. The number of visas continues to rise, which will contribute to a rapid rise in Britain’s population.
27 March 2024
Protests continue against the notorious P&O Ferries sackings two years ago. Unions are calling for changes to prevent any repeat, but the government isn’t taking effective action.
27 March 2024
Pay for doctors in Wales is not resolved. They are striking again against the derisory offer from the devolved government, not accepting its plea that is all it can afford.
10 March 2024
It is harder than ever to get an appointment with a GP within a reasonable time. One reason is that we are short of doctors, but the government is doing nothing effective about that.
6 March 2024
The promise of massive investment in battery production for electric vehicles has yet to materialise in Britain. But it looks as if Tata are now committed to a plant in Somerset.
4 March 2024
Rail workers in London have won a significant backdated pay rise from their employer, Arriva. The dispute was settled only after the threat of strike action.
24 February 2024
British farmers are under attack from capitalism. They are starting to defend their industry – and our food supply. Without that we can’t be an independent nation.
23 February 2024
Privatised water companies continue to pollute. Regulation of the heavily indebted industry is failing to change this.
Farmers are not impressed with losing 20 per cent of their land from food production, and protests have been growing.
In another blow to Britain’s steel production, the Spanish company Celsa has put its Cardiff plant up for sale.
What happens when devolved mayors, giddy with power, assume ownership over public assets was brought to light recently.
21 February 2024
Scottish farmers have won a significant victory in their struggle for survival. They have secured continuing support for food production, halting the move to environmental payments.
21 February 2024
Workers in many sectors have secured more pay through successful disputes. But the next round of claims will see employers try to regain some ground.
Workers across many sectors organised in Unite have recently secured over £430 million in additional pay and benefits because of successful disputes.
After years of simmering discontent, farmers’ protests are spreading across EU member countries.
On Saturday 27 January thousands of trade unionists from across the country assembled in Cheltenham for a TUC march and rally against the latest anti-strike laws.
9 February 2024
Farmers’ protests are spreading across the EU. They are taking to the roads to demand that the EU supports food production.
8 February 2024
Measles was eradicated from Britain in 2017, but it has come back. That’s due to a cut in health visitors, which needs to be reversed.
8 February 2024
Workers gathered in Cheltenham on 27 January to remind government that they will resist anti-union laws.
