Big new cuts proposed for Birmingham
22 November 2018
The government may have announced the end of “austerity” – but Birmingham City Council must find £86 million in savings in the next four years.
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Home care provision on the edge
22 November 2018
The future of large swathes of home care provision for elderly and disabled people hangs in the balance as a major provider seeks to stay solvent.
Adult social care hit as cuts bite
8 November 2018
Services such as meals on wheels are being hacked by relentlessly as government cuts bite.
Panic-mongering as Brexit date nears
6 November 2018
Attempts to undermine Brexit abound. One of the more insidious strands is the growing panic-mongering evident in some quarters.
Fishing – Brexit boom or betrayal?
30 October 2018
Fishing for Leave has published a plan to make the most of Brexit, but it against letting the EU keep control over our fishing.
Sheffield home to Boeing’s first European manufacturing facility
29 October 2018
Boeing's first European manufacturing facility has opened in Sheffield. Despite the doom-mongers, substantial investment in Britain continues.
Glasgow equal pay fight
Thousands of women workers, including cleaners, carers, learning support staff, and those in nurseries and administration walked out on 23 October on a two-day strike.
Call for more student doctors
Britain needs to increase the number of student doctors, says the president-elect of the Royal College of Physicians.
Journal pans device regulation
An editorial in the British Medical Journal – not noted for a pro-Brexit line – points out the weaknesses of medical device regulation in the EU.
Italy: EU fines threat
The European Commission rejected Italy’s budget just one day after it was submitted.
HS2: station plans unveiled
Designs for two new stations which will form a key part of the HS2 rail plan have now been unveiled.
Automobiles: plan for electric cars
MPs on the Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee have called for the sale of new cars with petrol or diesel engines to be banned by 2032.
Local government: destroying jobs
The widespread onslaught on local jobs and services continues, as the government’s false economies grind on.
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.
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.
NZ says no to foreign buy-ups
New Zealand is acting against foreign buy-ups of property. The country’s previous government was happy to allow rich foreigners to snap up land and property.
Transport: Bus support slashed
English and Welsh local authorities have cut £182 million from supported bus services over the last decade, with more than 3,000 routes affected, according to new research from the group Campaign for Better Transport.
Thatcher: The unwanted statue
The quest to find a home for a statue of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher continues.
Fall in nursing applications
A further shortage of nurses in the NHS is looming, fuelled by an unfulfilled need to plan for and train staff. That’s due to high fees and the loss of the student bursary in England, not Brexit.
Child Poverty: Even worse than thought
The Resolution Foundation’s annual audit of living standards, published at the end of July, warns that child poverty in Britain has been rising twice as fast since 2011 (when “austerity” began).
Local government: The age of bankruptcy
The notion that local government could go bankrupt is a novel one, but one we’re going to have to get used to.
Carillion's £5m school bill
A school which cost £18.6 million to rebuild six years ago by Carillion needs to spend £5 million on repairs – including fixing some 300 holes in its roof.
Prisons out of control
21 August 2018
Birmingham Prison is back under government control, but the crisis in our prisons appears general and affects ones still in public control.
EU drifts into budget crisis
11 August 2018
The ailing bloc faces an overall £18 billion budget shortfall, most of it due to Brexit. But it still plans to spend more.
Carillion crash leaves school with £5 million bill
8 August 2018
A school which cost £18.6 million to rebuild six years ago needs to spend £5 million on repairs – including fixing some 300 holes in its roof.