Renewable energy – friend or foe?
It’s not enough to say that renewable energy is the solution to environmental woes. Technology alone will fail. What is needed is long-term planning, and we are a long way away from that…
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Housing, population and immigration: the facts
There’s a whole industry dedicated to ‘proving’ that importing workers into Britain is an undiluted good. Tell that to young people looking for somewhere even remotely affordable to live…
Who governs Britain? And how?
Examining the glaring limitations of present-day political arrangements forces us to fathom the best way of confronting the myriad problems surrounding us…
What’s going on with retailing in Britain?
High street names are disappearing, branches are being closed, city centres are emptying. Is nobody buying anything any more – or are capitalist greed and asset stripping to blame?
What is private equity?
Far from creating wealth or adding value, private equity (PE) is another capitalist way to filch wealth already created by workers.
Consultants accept new offer
Hospital consultants in England have voted to accept a pay offer. The offer will see most consultants receive increases of between 2.9 and 12.8 per cent on top of 6 per cent already offered in November 2023.
Teachers Pay: Preparing for battle
After a year of unprecedented industrial action, the National Education Union discussed what to do next in its ongoing pay campaign at its Easter conference.
Wales: Fighting for convenience
Local councils are cutting services and closing facilities across the country. One small town in Wales is making a stand.
Financial systems as weapons
As communications systems have become ever more centralised and monopolised, so too has state control of them. They are now weapons of war…
1918: The war of intervention
After the bloody world war between rival imperialisms, the British ruling class and its allies turned their attention to the infant Soviet Union…
Nottingham goes bankrupt [print version]
Local government minister Simon Hoare announced in February that commissioners would be appointed to run Nottingham City Council.
Migration: Legal and soaring [print version]
The increase in net migration into Britain is mainly driven by legal routes and not by people smuggled into the country.