27 October 2026
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.
27 October 2026
The prime minister says that youth mobility will be one of the top items at his EU summit in November. This isn’t good news for young British workers.
27 October 2026
The deacdes-long movement to shut US bases on British soil and assert our independence continued with a protest at Menwith Hillon 24 October.
27 October 2026
Something odd is happening with the national grid. Details are emerging about potential failures by the National Energy System Operator, the government owned body charged with keeping the power on.
27 October 2026
The steel industry has suffered a further blow with the liquidation of Liberty Steels Newport in south Wales. This is the latest liquidation in the complex web of companies in the Gupta group.
27 October 2026
The government has reluctantly approved Jackdaw but still hesitates to commit to North Sea oil and gas. It is unable to reconcile energy security with its net zero aims.
27 October 2026
Billions that could and should be invested in productive work is diverted into paying people not to work.
29 September 2026
Victoria & Albert Museum workers are putting the museum’s intransigent management under the spotlight with a lively demonstration on 25 September in pursuit of their ongoing claims on wages and conditions.
29 September 2026
Workers at the prestigious Institute of Cancer Research in London, ranging from logistics and store staff to researchers and scientists have won their 66-day fight for better pay and conditions after their first ever strikes.
10 September 2026
Arriva bus drivers in London have secured a groundbreaking victory to improve their working conditions, and this will apply to all the capital’s buses. This followed walkouts in August and the threat of further strikes in September.
10 September 2026
Five heatwaves this summer exposed the creaking and ill-maintained NHS infrastructure. The season may have changed, but the problems won’t go away and can’t be left to management or politicians to solve.
9 September 2026
Workers on East Midlands Railway took strike action over the August Bank Holiday due to safety concerns with new trains. They will take further action unless the company makes improvements.
