Tough? It's just a show
The Conservative conference went into overdrive as government ministers vied with each other to be seen as tough on immigration. But all that mattered to them was the being seen part.
The Conservative conference went into overdrive as government ministers vied with each other to be seen as tough on immigration. But all that mattered to them was the being seen part.
Britain has to continue to modernise, and that means new infrastructure. That is expensive. But the alternative is to allow capitalism’s decline to take the working class with it…
East-West Rail is a project currently renewing and rebuilding a largely disused rail line between Oxford and Cambridge.
To fit with the government’s scaled-down plans the station at Old Oak Common will have to be completely redesigned with more platforms to act as a terminus rather than a through station as originally planned
Manchester is an example of a supposedly booming city where housing problems are acute…
Can Britain afford not to transform social care? It’s up to workers everywhere to demand change and not be fobbed off with more delay…
The public inquiry set up soon after the Grenfell Tower Fire completed its hearings last November and is expected to publish its final report in 2024. There’s much to learn already…
The British government is clear: it wants the war in Ukraine to go on and on, and it will seek to sabotage anything and anyone that works for peace…
Reluctant to invest in infrastructure, successive governments have failed to keep in step with public support for nuclear – and failed, too, to provide the clean electricity that nuclear can deliver…
To raise the question of taking control runs counter to the world of politicians’ competing claims to act on our behalf…
A little-known event in medieval times is still of interest today – it tells us how people can exercise their power…
Unite the union has taken its fight to end union busting to the doorstep of the French company Bouygues, whose offices are based in Paris