No case for war
The Chilcot Inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war finally reported in July. The evidence itself speaks volumes…
Brexit boosts student choice
The mere fact of the vote to Leave looks set to benefit thousands of young British people looking for a place at the university of their choice.
Post Office: striking for the future [updated]
Post Office workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike against office closures, job losses and threats to their pensions.
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.
North Sea oil workers vote for strike over pay
14 July 2016
More than 200 Unite and RMT workers in the Wood Group working on Shell’s North Sea platforms have voted in favour of strike action over pay.
'Almighty mess' of NHS privatisation
11 July 2016
The NHS’s Primary Care Support Services were privatised in April, transferred to multinational profit-sucker Capita, along with over a thousand workers – and things have not gone well.
EU and NATO ramp up tension with Russia
11 July 2016
If any British workers doubted that the EU and NATO are two sides of the same coin, the EU–NATO leaders’ declaration of 9 July 2016 to deploy more troops and weapons on Russia’s borders should remove them.
After Brexit, plan for power generation!
3 July 2016
The Brexit decision has thrown government plans for electricity generation into further turmoil, with renewed concerns over the future of the proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
The other referendum - junior doctors vote on contract
1 July 2016
Voting ends today (1 July) in the "Members Referendum" of junior doctors on whether to accept the terms negotiated by their union, the British Medical Association, to settle their long-running dispute with the government over seven-day working.
Britain shakes the world
History has been made. Forty-one years after the disastrous decision to remain in what was then the European Economic Community, the people of Britain have reasserted this country’s independence.
Take responsibility, take charge
Britain has served the EU with notice to quit and the world has changed. It was a brave declaration, born of clarity and determination. When it counted the working class stood up and shouted The fiercely independent spirit of British workers at its best. We’ll need more of that in the coming months and years.
Teachers strike for education
Teachers have long railed against their growing workload, whose bureaucratic nature, ironically, means less time in the classroom.
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…
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.