16 April 2020
The government must not surrender to the siren song that Covid-19 has made Brexit impossible. On the contrary, the epidemic has made leaving the EU even more urgent.
14 April 2020
London’s ambulance service has been under heavy strain. But it has not buckled. Key to its resilience has been the acceptance of responsibility by the main trade union, Unison.
5 April 2020
Transport union RMT has called on the government to ensure that its support for the regional bus industry during the coronavirus epidemic will be used to protect workers and maintain services.
4 April 2020
The 1870 Education Act was a great step towards achieving universal education, a powerful force for workers’ emancipation.
4 April 2020
Britain’s universities are among those making workers redundant, as coronavirus exposes the extent to which higher education has mortgaged its future to the international markets.
3 April 2020
The people of Britain have had to face the Covid-19 epidemic with an emaciated NHS and an atrophied industrial infrastructure. So much for capitalism and the free market.
2 April 2020
So collectivism is dead? In times of crises, it seems people know better than their leaders.
2 April 2020
Looking for light relief in this grim situation? Then take a look at the latest publication from the European Union’s External Action Service.
31 March 2020
In a marked change of attitude, the National Farmers Union has announced a new era of recruiting British workers for seasonal work.
30 March 2020
Unions are rapidly reaching agreements to protect workers and maintain vital services in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
29 March 2020
Yes, there is an economic crisis as well as the health and social crisis. But the politics of despair will get us nowhere. Instead, workers need to get to grips with the financial issues involved.
27 March 2020
Nearly four years after the Brexit referendum, the EU is still clinging to the hope that it can keep control of Britain away from the British people, according to a leaked document.
