Tolpuddle annual rally
Tolpuddle annual rally and festival in the village from which six agricultural workers were transported to Australia in 1834 for organising a union.
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European army plans march ahead
25 August 2016
Moves to create a European Army are accelerating – despite the assertions of the Remain campaign that the idea was purely Leave hysteria.
The Earth and the Sun
25 August 2016
In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries two men, Copernicus and Galileo, helped to cast out ancient ideas about physics and astronomy. Their work laid the foundation for modern scientific understanding.
John Lewis and the Co-op: models for worker ownership and control?
23 August 2016
Cooperatives, according to their backers. Some even think they can blunt the effect of privatisation. The reality is somewhat different.
Hinkley C set for review
The government is to review the astronomically expensive Hinkley C nuclear plant deal with France and China.
Election fraud on the rise
Election fraud is growing in Britain, says a report headed by former communities secretary and now anti-corruption czar Sir Eric Pickles published on 12 August.
Housing: billions in subsidies for landlords
Figures published in August show that over £9 billion a year is now paid in housing benefits to people living in private rented accommodation.
Wind power: planning for subsidies
Planning permission for the world’s largest wind farm has been agreed 55 miles off the Flamborough coast – but the developer wants even higher subsidies than normal.
Local government: divisions over pay
As the 2016-17 pay claim looms. Unison, GMB and Unite cannot agree what the claim should be – so Unison has decided to go solo.
Khan cooperates with extension of Internet snooping
23 August 2016
London's Mayor Sadiq Khan has reacted to reports of a rise in cases of abuse in the aftermath of the EU referendum result – with an extension of state snooping.
Air pollution killing Londoners
5 August 2016
Londoners are falling ill and dying because the capital has levels of nitrogen oxides comparable to those of Shanghai and Beijing, according to a new report published in July.
Reclaim the unions (and ditch the Labour Party)
25 July 2016
The Brexit campaign and in particular its result pose big problems not only for business and government in Britain and throughout Europe but also for the Labour Party and trade unions at home.