11 May 2021
Louise Lewis, the suspended National Education Union rep at North Huddersfield Trust School, has finally been reinstated after a seven-month battle by her fellow union members.
5 May 2021
Library users in Glasgow have reacted to closure proposals from the SNP-run council with weekends of read-ins and demonstrations at the threatened sites.
22 April 2021
A new report describes the sharp grow in youth unemployment since the pandemic began. Britain’s young adults are disproportionately impacted by the economic crisis.
Even banana republics look after their bananas. But in Britain, built on iron, steel and industry, nothing is now sacred.
Four separate days of strike action have been solidly supported by RMT members who work as conductors and ticket examiners for ScotRail...
Listen to Home Secretary Priti Patel and other ministers and you might get the idea that the government is cracking down on all immigration, legal and illegal. But cheap labour is still being encouraged into Britain…
Business and governments want skilled workers, but not to have to train them or pay for their training. Instead, they want to go on importing labour from abroad – leaving young British workers bereft of opportunities…
In Germany, the government and employers bear proportionately the costs of a dual vocational training system.
The government calls it an integrated defence review, but it’s full of offensive policies that will give the green light to military aggression in all corners of the world…
The threat to the unity of the British working class comes not just from separatists, but also from those throughout Britain who kid themselves that it doesn’t matter to them.
It’s one of the central tasks of any government: to be able to ensure that the population can be fed. That can’t be left to market forces, just-in-time logistics, or the whims of foreign governments…
If Britain is to be self-reliant in energy, nuclear is going to have to be part of the mix. The alternative is either reliance on unstable governments and blocs or a radical reduction in industry and living standards…
