10 March 2023
At the end of February the goverment announced a provisional agreement (the Windsor Framework) with the EU to resolve difficulties with the Northern Ireland Protocol. Rishi Sunak claims this will “take back control” of Northern Ireland. It won’t.
9 March 2023
Health service workers are making progress in their pay dispute now that the government is talking to all unions directly about NHS England pay.
9 March 2023
NHS workers in Wales and Scotland are close to settling their respective pay claims. The settlements are below the level of inflation, but higher than the original offers.
8 March 2023
This excellent documentary focuses on the state of the rivers of England and Wales and the neglect of a key aspect of our national infrastructure.
27 February 2023
The government’s attempts to end railway pay disputes are meeting continued resistance.
27 February 2023
Capitalism can’t feed us. Shortages of tomatoes and salad vegetables are symptomatic of wider problems in farming.
27 February 2023
This informative, amusing book uses the history of the food we eat to illustrate the growth of global capital and the damage it does.
Workers have always organised to defend their interests, governments have always used the law to oppose them, but struggle does not stop…
The increasing number of deaths in Britain is a concern. We need to ask why – and recognise that there is no evidence that Covid vaccines are to blame. Quite the contrary…
Devolution is a threat to workers across England, as well as in Wales and Scotland, with the government bent on breaking up Britain into competing regions…
The health benefits of open air sports have been known since ancient times, but they are under threat for children in Britain today…
Clean water and effective waste disposal are essential for a civilised society. Yet regulation is lax, and water companies regularly dump sewage into watercourses…
Britain’s coronavirus vaccine taskforce was successful, but government has thwarted its aim for future resilience…
Employers have always tried to make strikes illegal and ineffective. One group of workers stood up to intimidation in the middle of war…
22 February 2023
Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly to strike in support of their campaign for full pay restoration. They join many other NHS workers fighting for better pay.
22 February 2023
Nurses in England were called on by the RCN to take national strike action for the first time. This is paused for last minute talks with the government.
After court challenges from the employer, Communication Workers’ Union members at Royal Mail have voted overwhelmingly to continue taking industrial action
22 February 2023
University staff look to have made progress in their struggle on pay and conditions. This shows the power of a united workforce.
22 February 2023
The new transport minister has no new ideas on the future of the railways. His promises of reform are set to repeat past failures.
Sturgeon’s resignation is a blow to the separatist project. Working class struggle across Britain shows a unity that undermines separatist notions.
Since the 2008 crash governments have increased the money supply, with no improvement in productivity. This imbalance is the main cause of the current inflation.
16 February 2023
The government’s net zero strategy continues to falter. Last year the High Court said its failure to produce evidence for the policy was in breach of the law, it shows no sign of relasing the data.
16 February 2023
British manufacturers use over a trillion chips a year. There is a chronic shortage, but the governemt has no strategy to deal with the crisis.
16 February 2023
Physiotherapists and support workers at over 60 NHS Trusts across England began a rolling programme of strikes on 26 January in pursuit of their pay claim – the first time they have ever taken strike action.
16 February 2023
Households are suffering the worst squeeze in real incomes since 1945. Real pay fell by 2.5 per cent the last quarter of 2022.
14 February 2023
London Abellio bus drivers have won a big pay increase after a long-running dispute. They accepted a greatly increased offer of an18 per cent pay rise.
14 February 2023
Teachers in the (NEU) joined other public sector workers on strike on 1 February. National Education Union members held the first of six days planned strike action throughout England and Wales.
13 February 2023
Engineering workers at Diageo’s Leven plant in Fife took strike action over the first weekend in February in an escalating dispute over pay. They face pay cuts from changes to pay introduced unilaterally by the company.
11 February 2023
Offshore oil workers on two BP platforms are taking action on pay and rotas. Other energy sector workers, both offshore and onshore, are pressing their own pay claims.
9 February 2023
Ukrainian President Zelensky is stepping up efforts to further involve Britain and NATO countries in his war against Russia by pleading for more arms. This makes escalation of the conflict more likely.
