23 April 2025
No one wants to see a reoccurrence of foot and mouth disease in Britain, remembering the slaughter and burning of millions of animals in 2001. British farmers have been urging the government to act in response to cases on the European mainland.
23 April 2025
In March the government began a major shake-up of the NHS. Medical professionals and trade unions have warned against repeating the mistakes of the past.
23 April 2025
A new campaign aims to build support for removing all asbestos from schools without more delay.
23 April 2025
Many UK universities face ruin due to their reliance on the bloated fees of international students. Student numbers are dropping; it’s left to university staff to pick up the pieces.
23 April 2025
Banks continue to close branches to save costs, denying cash and banking facilities to an increasing number of people.
23 April 2025
British doctors have launched a campaign to give British medical graduates priority when applying for speciality training. Applications from international graduates for the limited number of posts have increased.
23 April 2025
A major new poll finds that the attitudes of young Britons don’t conform to media stereotypes.
4 April 2025
The idea of conscription keeps returning. The ruling class wants to make the idea acceptable. The defence of Britain is a far wider matter and workers need to ask questions about that.
4 April 2025
The closure of the last two steel blast furnaces in Britain happened at the end of March. This is a disastrous development for British industry and all workers given the fundamental importance of steel.
26 February 2025
NEU members are taking part in a preliminary ballot to ask if they will strike over pay and funding. The union is challenging a below inflation rise in English schools, with no increased funding.
Too often discussion about productivity in Britain is about British workers not working hard enough. But increases in productivity stem from investment, in new plant and machinery and workers’ education and skills.
In the last issue we looked at the background to how regulation operates. Here, we examine not just whether Britain is being held back by too much regulation, but also whether capitalist monopolies can ever be regulated.
