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Stubborn inflation

21 August 2023

The rise in the consumer prices index in the year to July was a little lower than June – but prices are still rising faster than they have done for years.

Resistance to rail ticket office closures

11 July 2023

Nearly all railway ticket offices in England are planned to close. Rail workers face redundancy and passengers will lose that service. A campaign to oppose the closures is starting.

Making people vote in Wales

11 July 2023

Turnout for Senedd Cymru elections is low. Welsh politicians are seeking compulsory voting instead of asking themselves why voters don't bother.

Doctors in dispute

14 June 2023

Junior doctors in England are on strike again in June in support of their pay campaign, but talks have been unproductive so far. Consultants also take action next month.

GSK pay dispute escalates

11 June 2023

GSK workers are to escalate strike action in their pay dispute. They have turned down a below inflation pay offer; the company admits it can afford to pay more.

Rail pay struggle continues

7 June 2023

RMT members working on trains and in stations across the country held another strike on Friday 2 June, the latest in their long-running pay dispute.

The mirage of universal basic income

7 June 2023

The idea of a universal basic income does not stand up to close examination and offers nothing for workers. The latest proposals are no different.

Strike to hit Europe’s largest Coca Cola bottler

6 June 2023

Unite members at the Coca Cola Europacific Partners plant in Wakefield, Europe’s largest, will strike for fourteen days this month after 87 per cent of those voting in a ballot rejected the employer’s offer of a 6 per cent rise. 

Rail disputes rumble on

1 May 2023

Two key pay disputes in the rail industry are no nearer settlement. Both Aslef and RMT unions have announced strikes In the face of employer and government intransigence.

Pensions reform: new risks

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, speaking at an International Monetary Fund meeting in April, said the pension system needs reform to ensure pensioners receive higher returns. That would seem to mean higher risk and more speculation.

Food fraud rip off revealed

25 April 2023

Farmers Weekly has revealed that British farmers were being ripped off by a large-scale fraud, with huge quantities of foreign pork passed off as British.

Royal Mail pay settled

25 April 2023

Postal delivery workers have settled their lengthy pay struggle. Their union, CWU, will put the agreement to members. Separately, Post Office counter workers have settled their own dispute.

Census data concern

25 April 2023

The census should be a valuable source of data for national planning. But there are serious questions about the validity of the latest results.

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