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Fight for pay and funding in schools

26 February 2025

NEU members are taking part in a preliminary ballot to ask if they will strike over pay and funding. The union is challenging a below inflation rise in English schools, with no increased funding.

Heathrow expansion error

A government with no idea about tackling Britain’s financial problems has latched on to the expansion of the country’s airports as the transport answer to promoting growth. The outcome might not be as positive as promised.

Farmers’ fight continues

25 February 2025

Farmers are not giving up on their struggle against inheritance tax changes and other attacks on their industry. Thay are organising widespread protests and are now signing up supermarkets to their cause.

Battling for arts education

25 February 2025

Workers in the arts continue their fight to reverse decades of cuts in government funding. The Arts and Minds Campaign is calling for arts and literature to be restored to the schools core curriculum, and fully funded.

Brexit: youth mobility ‘reset’

25 February 2025

The government plans to offer a youth mobility scheme for young EU students and workers. This is one of several policy initiatives attempting to realign Britain with the EU.

The burden of Thames Water

25 February 2025

Thames Water continues to be a burden on its customers and the public purse. Its latest financial plan agreed in the High Court drew criticism from water campaigners and trade unions.

Scotland: perks for foreign students

25 February 2025

Despite having no power to alter UK immigration policy, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has called for a visa scheme to let foreign students work in Scotland after they graduate from a Scottish college or university.

Social care – disgraceful delay

25 February 2025

The government has launched yet another review into social care provision. It won’t even report for three years – a disgrace after decades of indecision. The crisis in providing care needs urgent action.

Chancellor bows down to the banks

25 February 2025

Rachel Reeves is trying to shield banks from paying compensation for mis-selling car finance. She talks about “growth”, but what we see is disregard for the needs of British people.

Net zero – bad for your health

25 February 2025

Energy efficiency schemes launched in the name of the drive to net zero are creating health problems. The government has now acknowledged the wide-scale issues after complaints and media reports.

As unsafe as houses

25 February 2025

Workers must be prepared to fight for their own safety, not least in housing. Predictable risks of flooding and fire have been ignored too often.

Migrating doctors

25 February 2025

The negative impact of migration is a topic that seemingly can’t be discussed. Yet there’s a pressing need to do so, not least in relation to doctors and healthcare workers.

Fix Hammersmith Bridge!

25 February 2025

Hammersmith Bridge in London has been closed to vehicles for six years. The latest delay is blamed on steel shortages.

Rising water bills condemned

19 December 2024

Water bills will rise by more than one-third over the next five years, much of it in 2025. The regulator, Ofwat, previously said that that the price rises would far less. Unions and campaign groups have condemned the move.

Britain up for grabs

19 December 2024

The number of British companies sold to foreign investors continues to rise, up sharply on last year. This is not “investment” but amounts to selling British industry on the cheap.

Nationalisation…or not

18 December 2024

The government proposes to return most passenger rail services to public ownership. This will not necessarily improve services. Key areas are left out, so the industry will remain fragmented.

Pay agreement at Rolls-Royce

18 December 2024

Rolls-Royce aerospace workers have eventually settled a multi-year pay agreement after prolonged negotiations. The industry has often led the way on pay levels, but that may change with the employers exploiting fragmentation and outsourcing.

Pay review sparks outrage

17 December 2024

The government has announced a public sector pay rise of 2.8 per cent for 2025. Unions have denounced this as a cut in real pay. They are gearing up for a fight on pay again.

More delay to nuclear power for Britain

16 November 2024

The government is delaying the use of small modular nuclear reactors in Britain. And it is not committed to support Rolls-Royce as a provider, although it is a world leader in the technology.

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