Whitechapel bell foundry to close
Britain’s oldest surviving bell foundries is scheduled to close in May. The foundry in Whitechapel, London, has been on site for nearly 200 years.
Britain’s oldest surviving bell foundries is scheduled to close in May. The foundry in Whitechapel, London, has been on site for nearly 200 years.
23 February 2017
A multimillion-pound scheme to develop land around Millwall Football Club in south London is unravelling thanks to the concerted efforts of the club, its supporters, a fanzine and a locally based newspaper journalist.
20 February 2017
New research on living standards shows that four million more people in Britain are living below an adequate standard of living.
12 February 2017
Successful strikes by IT workers at Glasgow City Council have halted the attempt to privatise £400 million worth of services.
The General Medical Council has made a timely move to rectify a dangerous situation which exists while we are in the EU.
7 February 2017
Almost 3,000 British Airways cabin crew are stepping up strike action with a six-day walkout in an escalating dispute about poverty pay.
6 February 2017
Fishing communities around Britain are looking for guarantees that their industry will not lose out again after Brexit.
3 February 2017
Transport union RMT has called off the strike on the London Underground planned to start on Sunday after management agreed to reinstate 60 per cent of its planned job cuts.
26 January 2017
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has rejected the claim by the devolved governments that their “legislative consent” was needed before triggering Article 50.
26 January 2017
The government’s “independent” review into employment practices in the economy is now moving to a rolling roadshow – but it’s slanted in favour of the employers from day one.
26 January 2017
Britain’s largely privatised prison service has reached yet further landmarks of decline with the number of suicides – and the prison population – at record levels.
25 January 2017
The government launched consultation over its industrial strategy on Monday 23 January. HS2 will be a real test of its intentions.
24 January 2017
After the Supreme Court ruling, parliament has just one immediate duty: to pass a law triggering Article 50 as soon as possible.
9 January 2017
The Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley, south London has accumulated the largest hospital debt in the capital – a staggering £62.3 million.
3 January 2017
Rail unions and passenger groups are kicking off the new year with two days of protests against high fares.
31 December 2016
A week after private provider ISS secured acontract at a Kent hospital, it proposed making 30 cleaners redundant – despite a history of norovirus outbreaks at the hospital.
People smuggling, trafficking, organised gangs – what’s free about that?
One of the worst lies told in the referendum was that the EU is a force for peace. The opposite is true, and the vote to leave holds out the prospect of a reduction of the risk of war…
Under the EU our railways have been fragmented, privatised and sold off to foreign – mainly state-owned – companies. With independence looming, what now needs to be done?
The failure to fight for wages has worked its way through to an ever-lengthening working day…
Free of the EU, Britain must seize the chance of a lifetime to create a new industrial revolution…
For forty years we have documented the disastrous effects of EEC, later EU, membership on British agriculture and fisheries. Now, with an end to EU membership in sight, Britain can at last begin to put things right…
30 December 2016
The Royal College of Surgeons has called on the government to use Brexit to strengthen language testing for overseas doctors and increase the time allocated to medical training.
The world only began to understand Castro after his speech to the UN General Assembly 21 months after the Cuban Revolution, which he led to victory…
A new book on spies and government sheds light on conspiracies old and new…
Last year the people of Britain stood up. The sooner the government acts to start the process of leaving, the better.
14 December 2016
With the enemies of Brexit lining up to lodge court cases to thwart the people’s decision in the referendum, the CPBML has produced a new leaflet calling for Article 50 to be invoked.
The key question confronting Britain (and the world) is whether we allow global corporations and finance capital to destroy nations in their quest for universal dominance.
The International Monetary Fund now accepts that its forecast of a post-Brexit vote financial crash has proved overly pessimistic.
Wildlife and conservation charities are realising the opportunities created by leaving the EU.