Public service, private chaos
Over 20,000 workers are finding themselves in the role of sacrificial lambs on the altar of the private provision of public services following the collapse of Carillion.
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Customs: Something to declare [print copy]
Suddenly, it seems, the talk is all about the EU’s customs union, with “commentators” bewailing the possibility that in leaving the EU Britain will also leave the customs union.
Keep Britain out of the Free Trade trap
Siren voices are telling us that we should be negotiating Free Trade Agreements with the US, with the EU, with just about anybody…
Internships scandal
Unpaid internships are combining with rising living costs to shut poorer youngsters out of many careers.
Plan now for NHS workforce
For the first time in almost 25 years the health service in England has set about producing a Workforce Strategy.
Coastal communities fight for a future
Brexit is an opportunity to revitalise Britain’s coastal communities, which have taken a beating after they were tricked into the EU Common Fisheries Policy in 1973.
Brexit - an opportunity to produce more food
Along with fishing, agriculture is set to be a big beneficiary of Britain’s leaving the EU. But that won’t happen without a collective determination to make it so…
Smoke and mirrors
Uber cabs, Uber economy, Uber employment – we’re deluged in disinformation about this business model…
Fake militancy over pay
Unison, GMB and Unite are currently considering a pay offer to local government and schools staff from local government employers of 2 per cent a year over two years from April.
Make energy independent
Energy has been hardest hit by the deluge of EU directives instructing us what we could do and how we could do it…
Gambling away people’s lives
Problem gambling is on the rise and there is little regulation to protect those caught up in this quintessentially capitalist addiction…
France - Big boost for military
France, presumably a key player in the future EU Army, has announced a staggering 260 billion euro rise in military spending between 2018 and 2025.