Teachers strike for education
Teachers have long railed against their growing workload, whose bureaucratic nature, ironically, means less time in the classroom.
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TTIP - it's still there
During the referendum campaign some tried to blunt the Leave attack by claiming TTIP is dead and buried…
Engineering training: back to the future
As the call for more resources to train engineers for Britain’s future manufacturing increases, pressure is building for more consolidated action – and a return to previous approaches to training…
Unemployment surges in France
30 June 2016
After two months of falls in France’s jobless totals, the number out of work rose again. Meanwhile, the government is imposing drastic changes in labour legislation to meet EU fiscal targets.
Time to take back control of our fish
After the Referendum we must now do something about what remains of our fishing industry. It’s time to reflect on the devastating impact of the EU and how to revive the industry along with fishing stocks…
What's a university for?
The government is trying to turn academia into a machine for facilitating personal gain…
Guards sacrificed on the altar of profit
The rail unions are fighting running battles across Britain over safety, with one rail company after the other looking to dispense with guards…
Protect our defence industry!
One of the reasons for the need for more apprentices is Britain’s need to maintain its defence capability.
London's largest borough gears up for health fight
29 June 2016
Recent proposals for the borough’s healthcare include putting all health-related community services out to tender and axing student nurses from primary and secondary schools. Resistance may be on the cards
Bluff and bluster from Holyrood
29 June 2016
Conveniently forgetting that over a million people in Scotland voted to quit the EU, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon now is now threatening to veto our leaving. She must know she can’t.
Blacklisted workers celebrate
11 May, High Court, London. Blacklisted workers celebrate winning compensation for loss of earnings over decades from construction firms subscribing to the Consulting Association’s secret and illegal database.
VW scandal deepens
The European Commission was told six years ago that VW was cheating on emissions tests, but it kept the knowledge secret