EU drifts into budget crisis
11 August 2018
The ailing bloc faces an overall £18 billion budget shortfall, most of it due to Brexit. But it still plans to spend more.
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Carillion crash leaves school with £5 million bill
8 August 2018
A school which cost £18.6 million to rebuild six years ago needs to spend £5 million on repairs – including fixing some 300 holes in its roof.
Treat us like Morocco, says May
12 July 2018
So now we know. The Prime Minister wants from the EU an agreement based on the kind of agreement the EU has with…Morocco.
Swiss battle EU over new treaty terms
3 July 2018
Unnoticed in the British media, a fierce battle is raging as the European Union tries to force Switzerland to agree to wide-ranging changes in its relationship with the bloc.
UCU leadership schemes for second referendum
3 July 2018
Despite a recent annual congress with no motion on a second Brexit referendum, academics’ union leader Sally Hunt has started a consultation on the question.
Brexit boost as JCB invests £50 million
2 July 2018
In a vote of confidence in Brexit, construction equipment maker JCB is to invest more than £50 million in a new factory in Staffordshire.
EU tries aviation blackmail
The EU has banned the European Aviation Safety Agency from talking with the UK Civil Aviation Authority about fallback arrangements in the event of no deal on Brexit, jeopardising travel across Europe.
The day the timetable fell apart
It’s been called the biggest disaster to befall our railways in peacetime history – caused by the complexity of the privatised rail industry and an inept government that doesn’t understand how the industry works…
Take control for an independent Britain
Two years after the referendum, how far are we along the path to freeing ourselves from the EU, taking control and striking out for a truly independent nation?
Steel: on the edge
With tariff wars looming, Britain needs to look to its own industrial needs for steel…
Separatist antics fail to derail Brexit
Uniting Britain and defeating separatism are essential for securing our nation’s independence. And as class struggle spreads in public services, transport and energy, support for separatism weakens…
50 years on, why a revolutionary party matters
On the 50th anniversary of CPBML’s founding – Easter 1968 – our London May Day rally heard two reflections on the party: one by two who joined 50 years ago, including a founder member, and another from a young comrade…