1 February 2020
Manufacturing union Unite has slammed the government over its commitment to British train manufacturing after a £337 milion contract for new Tyne & Wear metro trains was been awarded to a Swiss company.
1 February 2020
The YMCA released a report this week showing a real-terms decline of 70 per cent in youth services in England and Wales since 2010 – and warning of dire consequences.
1 February 2020
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly. Celebrate, be optimistic – but stay vigilant and be ready for the hard work to come.
31 January 2020
Britain’s MEPs left the European Parliament for good on Wednesday after a debate which showed that the only nationalism the EU will permit is EU-nationalism.
23 January 2020
Fishing for Leave has set out the perfect strategy for dealing with the EU’s “self-entitled and belligerent demand to continue its fleet’s unhindered exploitation of British waters”.
22 January 2020
Political has-beens have been wheeled out to pontificate on why Britain needs regionalism. It doesn’t.
10 January 2020
As the rail industry waits for the publication of the Williams Review, the current franchise system continues to collapse under the weight of its many contradictions.
10 January 2020
This week British rail fares rose up to 2.7 per cent while German national rail company Deutsche Bahn made its tickets 10 per cent cheaper for long-distance traffic.
10 January 2020
Unable to reverse its falling rate of profit, capital is increasingly turning to adventures abroad.
10 January 2020
The Labour Party is a walking corpse. And unless the established trade unions change tack, they will follow it to irrelevance. The time is ripe for de-coupling trade unions from the Labour Party.
10 January 2020
Maritime and transport union RMT demonstrated outside the Welsh Parliament this week on a dark, cold and wet evening as part of its campaign for the future of British seafaring.
With a clear majority, the government must retake full control of Britain’s coastal waters…
