Skills shortage hits safety
Government cuts in funding to Network Rail threaten to precipitate a major skills shortage in the industry as well as threatening jobs and safety.
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Fire deaths were preventable
Alongside the terrorist outrages of the past two months, the horrific fire which swept through a Kensington tower block on 15 June stands apart as a wholly preventable event.
Student debt soars
Student debt is rising at a faster pace than any other form of debt, eclipsing credit card debt of £68 billion.
Dustcart strike vote in Birmingham
Birmingham’s refuse workers have voted for strike action over council plans to axe 122 jobs.
Rail union calls on SNP to stop its attack on transport policing
18 June 2017
Following the suicide bombing in Manchester rail union TSSA has demanded the SNP halt its plan to merge British Transport Police Scotland with Police Scotland.
No progress without leaving the EU
11 June 2017
Following the election, the overwhelming priority must still be to ensure that Britain manages a clean break with the EU.
Victory over paramedic pay
9 June 2017
Ambulance employers have given way and agreed to the unions’ demand that paramedics be upgraded. It’s the result of a two-year national negotiation – and decades of organisation.
The election: this time, only one thing matters
24 May 2017
Read the manifestos and one thing is clear: not a single one can be implemented unless Britain leaves the EU, including its disastrous single market.
EU delusions: French style
22 May 2017
Hailed as Europe’s saviour, Emmanuel Macron’s first foreign trip as French President was to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They pledged to draw up a “common road map” for Europe and threatened Britain.
No to EU dodgy Brexit guidelines
12 May 2017
The EU continues to act in bad faith towards Britain over our vote to leave. Its negotiating guidelines aim to continue the European Court's influence over Britain.
US heightens tensions over Korea
25 April 2017
With the US ramping up tension with North Korea, it’s as well to remember that the US has form in Korea.
End in sight for live animal export to EU abattoirs
25 April 2017
In another Brexit opportunity, people are realising that Britain could finally ban or restrict the export of live animals for slaughter after we leave the EU.
Take control, say skippers
Fishermen are overwhelmingly in favour of Britain taking complete control of its inshore and international waters as it leaves the EU, according to a new survey.
Scotland: Unity concert scheduled
A Concert for Unity in Glasgow is set to help boost the renewed campaign to finally defeat separatism
Huge rise in student loan rate
A sharp increase in inflation means millions of students and former students will see a rise in interest rates on tuition and maintenance loans this year.
Housing: Micro-flats
Plans are being made to convert offices into flats as small as 16 square metres.
New factory to produce electric taxis
The London Taxi Company is aiming to produce 5,000 electric vehicles a year by 2019 at the first new car factory in Britain for more than a decade.
Bristol -- time to get shipshape
With independence from the EU in sight, Britain itself is far from "shipshape and Bristol fashion" – and Bristol itself is a prime example of this.
Minimum wage? For millions it's a maximum
With a rise in the minimum wage coming into effect on 1 April, the Low Pay Commission has published its analysis of the impact of the National Minimum Wage introduced by the Treasury in 2016.
Legal attack on injury claims
10 April 2017
The government is now changing the rules for compensation for injury by the sleight of hand of increasing the small claims court limits.
'Solid' RMT action over driver-only trains
9 April 2017
RMT members chose to strike on Grand National day to get maximum publicity for their campaign of opposition to plans to introduce driver-only-operated trains
European Parliament dodges its own budget debate
23 March 2017
The leaders of the European Parliaments political groups have abandoned plans to allow the body to debate its own controversial 2018 spending plans.
Fisheries workers call for control over British waters
21 March 2017
With control of our fisheries an acid test of Brexit, workers within the industry have launched a petition calling for control over British fishing waters.
Who says we're post industrial?
19 March 2017
A Westminster meeting showed that throwing off the shackles of the EU has created an exhilarating climate in which all kinds of people are re-imagining an industrial Britain.
Vauxhall: smoke and mirrors
17 March 2017
Those who still resist Britain’s departure from the EU are deliberately misrepresenting the decision by car maker Groupe PSA to take over the General Motors Vauxhall and Opel car plants at Luton and Ellesmere Port.
London Stock Exchange merger plans totter
14 March 2017
The attempt by Germany’s stock to create an EU-wide monster is fragmenting.
Osborne: still meddling in the North
10 March 2017
Out of office, George Osborne continues to champion the breakup of Britain and the “Americanisation” of local government.
Mini and Rolls workers fight pension cuts
23 February 2017
Talks between the Unite union and BMW over the German carmaker’s plans to close its final salary pension scheme are set to continue, but the threat of industrial action remains.
Cleaning workers take on outsourcing giant
23 February 2017
Cleaners at King’s College London have been offered higher staffing levels after going on strike over excessive workload and a threat of reorganisation.
The EU's propaganda war
Despite the decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, the European Commission is continuing to try and widen its network of propaganda outlets in Britain.