Biodiversity Net Gain – beware false promises
Biodiversity policy creates risks for our food security. It sounds good but is not really about protecting the environment. By putting a market value on nature, it will take land out of production.
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Barts NHS victory reverses outsourcing
7 March 2022
London health workers have won a significant victory against outsourcing. Facilities management workers at Barts Health NHS Trust, but employed by Serco, will re-join the NHS.
Independent school teachers’ strikes win early gains
5 March 2022
After six days of strike action, teachers at the Girls’ Day School Trust have won a number of concessions from management about the future of their pension rights. But the fight is not over yet.
RMT fights government assault on London Transport
5 March 2022
With staff facing the prospect of job cuts along with a degraded pension provision as part of a wider attack on working conditions, over 10,000 RMT London Underground members in all grades took strike action on 1 and 3 March.
University employers reject UCU pension proposals
28 February 2022
Universities have rejected out of hand union proposals to secure the future of their pension scheme. This has angered the union and raises the stakes in the ongoing wider dispute about university pay and conditions.
Minerals and the future: the new dig for Britain
Modern life is inconceivable without metals, and the exploitation of Britain's mineral riches means jobs, skills and an increase in technological sovereignty. What's not to like?
One strategy to bind us all
The British state is drawing together previously disparate security strategies. Its aim is the permanent eradication of opposition to globalist capital by their grave-diggers – the working class…
ELM explained…
There are three elements to the Environmental Management Scheme, which applies to England.
What is farmland for?
Food production is a public good. And it's time to end the false division between food production and nature conservation...
Football – it’s a game of money
The government has released its “fan-led” review of football, but it fails to deal with what is clearly the most pressing issue facing the sport: ownership and control by foreign billionaires…
Zero carbon, zero storage
Closure of the Rough gas storage field in 2017 made Britain increasingly dependent on others for our basic energy supply.