12 March 2020
Airline pilots trade union BALPA reacted with dismay to the budget announcement of increases in airline passenger duty. It had been calling for a six-month suspension.
11 March 2020
A new poll conducted by Survation has found that voters believe that the privatisation of public services as increased regional inequality and harmed “left behind” parts of the country.
5 March 2020
Chinese firm Jingye Group has confirmed plans take over British Steel at a price of £70 million, and to invest more than £1 billion in the company, which collapsed in May last year.
2 March 2020
Widespread industrial action on the tube has moved a step closer as transport union RMT prepares to ballot its members on strikes over pay and hours.
Once again the SNP is calling for a second referendum on Scottish “independence”.
Fishing for Leave has provided the government with the perfect strategy for dealing with the EU’s “self-entitled and belligerent demand to continue its fleet’s unhindered exploitation of British waters”.
University and College Unions have begun their second bout of industrial action this academic year with more universities joining the walkouts.
The Scottish Parliament has voted to allow foreign nationals to vote in Holyrood as well as local council elections.
After the Irish general election the surge in support for Sinn Féin caught everyone – including Sinn Féin – by surprise.
The number of households living in overcrowded privately rented properties has doubled in the last decade.
The number of over-60s diagnosed with malnutrition has more than trebled in the past decade, says NHS Digital
10 February 2020
If there is a second Scottish referendum, will Scots vote for global capitalism, or for independence through the unity of the British working class? A new leaflet explores the issues.
9 February 2020
The EU is insisting that EU boats continue to have untrammelled access to British waters. The idea makes no sense for Britain.
1 February 2020
Manufacturing union Unite has slammed the government over its commitment to British train manufacturing after a £337 milion contract for new Tyne & Wear metro trains was been awarded to a Swiss company.
1 February 2020
The YMCA released a report this week showing a real-terms decline of 70 per cent in youth services in England and Wales since 2010 – and warning of dire consequences.
31 January 2020
Britain’s MEPs left the European Parliament for good on Wednesday after a debate which showed that the only nationalism the EU will permit is EU-nationalism.
23 January 2020
Fishing for Leave has set out the perfect strategy for dealing with the EU’s “self-entitled and belligerent demand to continue its fleet’s unhindered exploitation of British waters”.
22 January 2020
Political has-beens have been wheeled out to pontificate on why Britain needs regionalism. It doesn’t.
10 January 2020
As the rail industry waits for the publication of the Williams Review, the current franchise system continues to collapse under the weight of its many contradictions.
10 January 2020
This week British rail fares rose up to 2.7 per cent while German national rail company Deutsche Bahn made its tickets 10 per cent cheaper for long-distance traffic.
10 January 2020
Maritime and transport union RMT demonstrated outside the Welsh Parliament this week on a dark, cold and wet evening as part of its campaign for the future of British seafaring.
Amazon’s London HQ in Shoreditch was the target of a demonstration on Monday 2 December organised by GMB.
Despite the increase in their number of MPs, the Scottish National Party still does not command the support needed to win the second Scottish independence referendum it craves.
Transport union RMT’s campaign to keep guards on trains continues to grind on, with another employer capitulating in the face of determined and resolute industrial action.
Fresh concerns are being expressed over the government’s free schools programme. To date, 27 free schools have been forced to close or change management, according to a new analysis.
With journalistic standards under attack , a Bristol newspaper took a stand in December against attacks on the integrity of one of its reporters.
Unions at the shut Orb steelworks in Newport, Wales, have persuaded Tata that there is a stronger case for new companies to take over if the plant is properly maintained over the coming period.
9 December 2019
The housing crisis sweeping Britain shows no sign of abating. Its effects are to be found all over the country, not least in the much-vaunted “Northern powerhouse” of Manchester.
3 December 2019
Despite the rain, pickets were out in force yesterday for the Monday morning picket at the University of Glasgow.
25 November 2019
Classes at universities across Britain and Northern Ireland are being disrupted as staff begin an eight-day strike today. The action is due to last from 25 November until 4 December.
