Back to basics in Brighton
September sees an increased focus on Britain’s trade unions as the TUC holds its annual meeting in Brighton.
A united Britain for progress
The ruling class drive to dissolve and divide Britain is a decades-long, never-ending enterprise. And yet they have not succeeded. It’s time for workers to push back.
Groundbreaking win on the buses
10 September 2026
Arriva bus drivers in London have secured a groundbreaking victory to improve their working conditions, and this will apply to all the capital’s buses. This followed walkouts in August and the threat of further strikes in September.
Heat on the NHS
10 September 2026
Five heatwaves this summer exposed the creaking and ill-maintained NHS infrastructure. The season may have changed, but the problems won’t go away and can’t be left to management or politicians to solve.
East Midlands Railway safety strike
9 September 2026
Workers on East Midlands Railway took strike action over the August Bank Holiday due to safety concerns with new trains. They will take further action unless the company makes improvements.
Iceland says no to the EU!
9 September 2026
The people of Iceland have said no to talks on joining the EU. This is an assertion of their independence and a significant setback for the EU’s strategic aims.
Independence, immigration and community
From an unequal agreement with the EU on youth mobility to low thresholds for wages in shortage occupations, governments are relentlessly encouraging more immigration to Britain. That is bad for the working class…
Cold winds are blowing through Britain’s research
Another government, another change in the way research is funded. The Burnham regime has already seen the dismantling of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology…
This new defence plan is not what Britain needs
The Defence Investment Plan was Keir Starmer’s parting gift to his successor. And like everything Starmer did, it is part ineffective, part downright dangerous…
Brexit 10 years on: the fight for independence
A decade after the epic vote to leave the European Union, the fight for independence continues - in the face of continuing attempts by government and the establishment to ignore or overturn the referendum...
Climate change and net zero policy
Can Britain move away from fossil fuels and adapt to climate change? Yes, to a degree, and these would be good aims. But government net zero policy targets won’t help…
Maternity care in the NHS must change
The standard of maternity care remains a dire concern. The new prime minister sees solutions in devolution but the evidence points to problems in maternity care across Britain regardless of funding models…
The answer is nuclear
Look closely at the environmental and other costs of renewable energy technologies, and they can’t hold a candle to nuclear power…
Slavery and industrial revolution
Revolutions are made from within countries, not imposed from without. That goes for Britain’s industrial revolution, too…
Museum staff in walkouts
Workers have not been lying down during the summer heat. Across the country they have been taking action against employers where working conditions are not good enough.
Bus drivers act over conditions
Over 1,500 Arriva North London bus drivers took strike action during August over hot weather working.
Biomedical workers’ pay fight
Hundreds of Unite members at a number of biomedical establishments have been on strike after derisory pay offers.
Migration: Residents protest
Villagers at Barnham in Suffolk and at Piddington in Oxfordshire are defending the tranquillity of their tiny communities against the mass settlement of migrants in their midst...
Car Industry: Good news for Sunderland
Unite has welcomed Nissan’s plans for joint car production with China’s part state-owned Chery at its Sunderland plant.
Mergers: Workers paying the price
Morrisons, the supermarket company, was bought by US private equity company Clayton Dubilier & Rice in 2021 in a deal that saddled Morrisons with £6.6 billion of debt.
NHS workers in action
26 August 2026
Strikes by health workers over pay have been taking place all over the country. Those involved include health visitors, operating theatre staff and pathology staff.
Dollars and debt
26 August 2026
Worried about its own currency, the US has been forced to provide an emergency loan to Japan – to stop it selling dollars to prop up the yen.
Consultants prepare for action
8 July 2026
NHS consultants in England have voted for strike action over pay and conditions. The vote comes shortly after resident doctors settled their own dispute after three years of action.
Menwith Hill call for independence
7 July 2026
On 4 July, US Independence Day, protesters gathered at RAF Menwith Hill to highlight and object to the presence of US bases in Britain. Echoing the Declaration of Independence, they called for freedom from outside interference.
Skilled rail jobs threatened
1 July 2026
Balfour Beatty rail engineers are threatened with redundancy, which will deprive the industry of their essential skills. Their union says publicly owned Network Rail should mitigate this by allocating alternative work.
Ask who wants this war, and why
The risk of an all-out conflict between NATO and Russia is higher now than at any point in the cold war period.
Britain needs socialism
What would socialism mean for Britain? And what would it take to achieve it?
War in the Middle East: a working class response
A recent CPBML meeting discussed how workers here can respond to foreign wars. One conclusion: removing Britain from the crumbling NATO alliance would be a good start…
Counting the cost of inflation measures
How to measure the rate of inflation may seem a technical, dry subject. And much of it is. But its implications matter for workers, not least because of its role as a reference point for pay bargaining…
Accounting for energy
When talking about energy policy, it’s worth looking in detail at Britain’s energy needs and supply – and what that means for industry and households…