'Owner-employees' fiddle to go
14 December 2016
The government has abandoned the attempt to spread the concept of “owner-employees”, introduced four years ago by the Coalition government.
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Marching for libraries
Some 3,000 public library workers, users and authors marched on 5 November from the British Library, London, to Trafalgar Square.
Dyson Institute: planning out of the EU
13 December 2016
Sir James Dyson intends to establish an Institute of Technology in 2017. This positive initiative it raises significant questions for our class. We must become the front runners in preparing for life after Brexit; it’s not enough to leave the future of Britain to others.
Fire: Big rise in deaths
The latest figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show that 294 people died in fires in England during 2015.
Crown post offices strike for survival
3 December 2016
Members of the Commuication Workers Union in Crown post offices across the country are on strike today, protesting against further “managed decline” of British postal services.
Fidel Castro, 1926 - 2016
Fidel Castro, who died last Friday, represented the struggle for the independence of Cuba from US control, for independence for the Cuban nation and the Cuban working class.
Judges seek to thwart will of people
23 November 2016
On 5 December judges on the Supreme Court will decide who is sovereign in this country – parliament or the people. They should allow the government to implement the Brexit referendum
No progress without unity -- and independence for Britain
31 October 2016
After the SNP lost the 2014 vote, many in Scotland joined the SNP. In England too, many joined Labour and the Lib Dems after the EU referendum. These are reactionary currents.
Manufacture defies the Remain lies
31 October 2016
The Remainers are professional denigrators of Britain, running down anything in an attempt to show they were right. Manufacturing is proving them wrong.
Reshape higher ed!
With Brexit we can start to repair the damage caused by fees, the European Union and devolution…
Sheerness steelworks to re-open
In a complete U-turn, the industrial consortium Liberty House has stopped demolition of the Sheerness steelworks in Kent. It now plans to renovate and re-open them by summer 2017.
Brexit frees up scheme to protect Britain's woodland
30 October 2016
A “Buy British” scheme is to be launched using Brexit freedoms from EU directives to protect our woodlands from pests and diseases brought in by imported trees.