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Brexit: Beware the saboteurs (updated)
Brexit is in danger. Despite the defeat in parliament on 29 January of every binding amendment to block or delay Brexit – including Labour’s permanent customs union – parliament is still strongly against leaving.
Swiss challenge to EU
Time is running out for the EU to get a new “Framework” agreement covering all aspects of its relationship with Switzerland.
Anger over yard closure
The Scottish transport secretary refused to face union delegation fighting for the retention of skilled railway work in Scotland.
An independent thinker and poet
Around 500 years ago William Tyndale produced a Bible in English – and paid for it with his life…
NHS plan: still not fit for purpose
The government published its overdue NHS Long Term Plan for England in January. There’s significant spending – but several critical weaknesses…
Northern Trains - progress on guards
11 February 2019
RMT members on Northern Trains look to have brought their two-year dispute over guards on trains to a successful conclusion. Talks will now take place to put an agreement into practice.
'Austerity' alive and well as government dodges responsibility
11 February 2019
Millions around the country are experiencing every day the consequences of a political system that has washed its hand of the people and handed control over to the European Union, the market, or both.
Brexit: beware the saboteurs
10 February 2019
Brexit is in danger. Despite the defeat in parliament on 29 January of every binding amendment to block or delay Brexit – including Labour’s permanent customs union – parliament is still strongly against leaving.
William Tyndale – independent thinker and poet
10 February 2019
William Tyndale was one of the great independent thinkers who set England on a course to think and act for ourselves. He also helped to make English a great language of poets and writers the world over.
US dumps nuclear treaty
8 February 2019
With all the news about Brexit, the US’s decision to withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty seems to have slipped under the radar.
Waiting for the bus
5 February 2019
Bus journeys continue to fall, according to government figures. This is due to higher fares and route cuts, and affects how people can move around for work and leisure.