1 April 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen increased discussion of home food production. Encouragingly, some British food growers are thinking positively along the same lines.
16 March 2021
The government’s new bus strategy for England, announced on 15 March, has been met with a lukewarm response, to say the least.
16 March 2021
The government needs to almost double its funding for the hospice care sector by 2030, says a new report – or face the prospect of having to provide all end-of-life care itself through the NHS.
15 March 2021
Strike action by drivers at Go North West in Manchester has been solid – and well supported in the wider labour movement.
Forces within Britain sympathetic to the EU and backed by it are seeking to tear our country apart – just when Britain has liberated itself from Brussels to chart an independent course in the world. But a united Britain is a condition for progress, says the CPBML.
8 March 2021
The government’s proposed 1 per cent pay rise for nurses and other NHS staff – a reduction in real terms – has naturally provoked outrage among workers. But it should provoke some soul-searching too.
Applications to UK medical schools have increased by over 20 per cent, according to figures published by the Medical Schools Council.
1 March 2021
Bus drivers working for Go North West have begun an all-out strike against company plans to fire and rehire workers on worse pay and conditions.
The EU failed to stop Britain leaving its federation of failure, and was forced to sign a leaving agreement that fell far short of its ambitions. That, though, won’t stop it trying to make up lost ground…
Brexit has left British research free to develop itself – but has the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU still left some strings attached?
The NI Protocol was forced on the UK during Brexit negotiations. It’s already causing problems…
The British fishing industry was strongly in favour of Brexit, and the government trumpeted it as a big beneficiary of leaving the EU. But that’s not the end of the story…
