Water companies pump even more sewage
23 February 2024
Privatised water companies continue to pollute. Regulation of the heavily indebted industry is failing to change this.
23 February 2024
Privatised water companies continue to pollute. Regulation of the heavily indebted industry is failing to change this.
No parliament holds the answers to what workers in Britain need. Electing a different government and hoping things will get better is an illusion.
Our government spends precious resources in two theatres of war, in Ukraine and the Middle East. The time has come to question its aims.
Farmers are not impressed with losing 20 per cent of their land from food production, and protests have been growing.
In another blow to Britain’s steel production, the Spanish company Celsa has put its Cardiff plant up for sale.
What happens when devolved mayors, giddy with power, assume ownership over public assets was brought to light recently.
21 February 2024
Scottish farmers have won a significant victory in their struggle for survival. They have secured continuing support for food production, halting the move to environmental payments.
The capitalist class wants to shackle organised workers. That’s the whole point of its recent legislation on minimum service levels. What can we do about it?
Health workers and the rest of our class know that radical changes are needed to ensure the future of the NHS. Where is the necessary leadership coming from?
21 February 2024
Workers in many sectors have secured more pay through successful disputes. But the next round of claims will see employers try to regain some ground.
The drive to net zero is creating problems without solving them. Changes demanded for vehicles, domestic heating and farming are impractical. It’s time to expose the falsity in the casual idealism of government and policy makers…
Many people wonder why successive governments have failed to reduce immigration, or even control it. The answer is simple: the government and the employers like immigration, because it weakens workers.
Why is it that those in the working class most in favour of the EU tend to also favour the break-up of Britain?
Steel is vital for manufacturing and infrastructure. Producing it is energy intensive, but closing blast furnaces without a realistic plan for future steel production undermines Britain’s self-reliance...
Looking for someone to explain precisely what’s wrong with the government’s net zero targets? A new book could help…
Forty years ago workers at a government intelligence centre stood out against a ban on union membership…
9 February 2024
Farmers’ protests are spreading across the EU. They are taking to the roads to demand that the EU supports food production.
8 February 2024
Measles was eradicated from Britain in 2017, but it has come back. That’s due to a cut in health visitors, which needs to be reversed.
8 February 2024
Workers gathered in Cheltenham on 27 January to remind government that they will resist anti-union laws.
2 February 2024
The Office of National Statistics predicts that the UK population will rise to over 73 million by 2036, an increase of 10 per cent over 2021. This will be overwhelmingly due to immigration.
2 February 2024
The Welsh government can’t persuade Welsh workers that more devolution is good for them. A recent report by its own commission provides further evidence of that – and of its misguided ambition.
31 January 2024
ENO artists have suspended strike action in their pay and jobs dispute, pending further talks. But that’s only one step in their fight for the future of the company, which is being forced to move out of London in the name of “levelling up”.
31 January 2024
A recent Ofcom report sets out the poor state of privatised Royal Mail and spells trouble for the future of an integrated postal network. The post workers’ union has strongly criticised this, but industry and the wider public need to take up the cause.
31 January 2024
London Tube workers have won a pay victory after the threat of strike action in early January. This came after the Mayor for London announced extra funding at the last minute.
25 January 2024
Train drivers continue their fight for pay and conditions with a round of strikes. Train operating companies, backed by the government, are not even negotiating. One company trying to use new minimum service level laws quickly climbed down.
25 January 2024
The British and US governments are stoking conflict across the world, supporting Israel to continue its war on Gaza. They oppose a ceasefire in Gaza and egg Ukraine on against Russia, ignoring Britain’s needs.
24 January 2024
Tata Steel is cutting jobs at Port Talbot steelworks, driven by net zero. That will damage the steel industry and the wider economy.
23 January 2024
Floods this winter again highlight the government’s failure to deliver better flood protection. The Fire Brigades Union continues to campaign for the resources they know can make a difference.
22 January 2024
Student loans aren’t a good deal for students or taxpayers. A new report highlights the increasing costs for government.
22 January 2024
Record numbers of people are now sleeping rough. The Conservative Party pledge to end rough sleeping in England by 2024 looks an empty promise despite action during the pandemic.