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The task is to rebuild Britain
Politics is not parliament. It’s up to us. the working class, to take the initiative, take over our country, and set about reconstructing it in the interests of workers. That’s the message from May Day 2025…
Scotland: More SNP rubbish
Such is its concern for the environment, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has banned the burning of bin bag waste in Scottish landfills from 31 December this year.
Wales: Funding review woes [print version]
While the announcement of rail funding dominated headlines in Wales, the 2025 Spending Review provided crucial detail on the outlook for the Welsh government spending.
Wales: funding review woes
24 June 2025
Most of the Welsh government’s spending comes from the UK Treasury. The grant for the next three years looks inadequate, which will set the fiscal context for next year’s Senedd election.
Science matters
24 April 2025
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that in the Equality Act “sex” means biological sex, not “certificated” sex. This is a welcome affirmation that facts – and science – matter.
Scotland: Perks for foreign students [print version]
On 22 January, Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, gave a speech in Glasgow at the Scottish headquarters of multinational financial services firm JP Morgan Chase.
Scotland: perks for foreign students
25 February 2025
Despite having no power to alter UK immigration policy, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has called for a visa scheme to let foreign students work in Scotland after they graduate from a Scottish college or university.
British Workers: Strength in Unity
British Workers: Strength in Unity
Tuesday 8 April 2025 19:00
Unity between workers is our main strength – we have a common class interest and the ability to make progress when we act together.
But everywhere that unity is under threat. At work, by employers who constantly exploit weakness and lack of cohesion. And across Britain, by a government and ruling class who want to break Britain up into regions and tie us to the USA or again to the EU.
Come and discuss. Email info@cpbml.org.uk for an invitation.
Sex, gender and women’s rights
When women’s rights in Scotland were sacrificed in the name of “progress”, Scottish women decided to fight back. A new book tells their story…
Grangemouth: Rally against closure
Hundreds of oil workers from the threatened Grangemouth refinery, delegations from other refineries around the country, and their supporters, marched on Holyrood in Edinburgh on 28 November.
One era ends in Scotland – time to build a new one
The departure from the political stage of many leading separatists, be it through illness, death, scandal or retreat, marks the end of an era for Scotland and a new opportunity in the quest for a united British nation…
Grangemouth: the myth of a ‘just transition’
Look behind the fine façade of the Just Transition Commission, and all you find are false promises, lack of transparency, indifference, and inaction by governments ducking their responsibilities…
Success in fight for Scottish arts funding
9 September 2024
Creative workers in Scotland celebrate reversal of budget cuts by the SNP administration, but warn that the campaign to sustain arts must continue.
Grangemouth workers march
On Saturday 3 August workers marched past the Grangemouth oil and gas refinery, near Falkirk, Scotland. This was a further boost to their campaign to save their jobs at the site.
Opera musicians fight cuts in Wales [updated]
26 August 2024
Faced with cuts that threaten their future and that of their company, musicians in the Welsh National Opera have voted overwhelmingly for potential strike action. They are facing cuts that threaten their future and that of their company.
Youth arts cuts in Wales
26 August 2024
A vital programme for young artists in Wales faces closure. Musicians and college staff are campaigning against this.
Tata 'bully boys' opposed
Unite confirmed that it would begin industrial action from 18 June in protest at Tata’s plans to close blast furnaces in Port Talbot over the next three months.
Scotland gears up to finally reject SNP
Britain needs unity, not division, not devolution. In Scotland the multiple failures of the ruling SNP separatists are coming home to roost…
Opposing wind power dogma in Wales
10 April 2024
The devolved government in Wales continues to approve ever larger wind turbines despite objections in pursuit of its dogmatic net zero path. But there is opposition.
Doctors in Wales strike for pay
27 March 2024
Pay for doctors in Wales is not resolved. They are striking again against the derisory offer from the devolved government, not accepting its plea that is all it can afford.
Welsh farmers up in arms
Farmers are not impressed with losing 20 per cent of their land from food production, and protests have been growing.
Scottish farmers make gains
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.
Devolution – a serious threat across Britain
Why is it that those in the working class most in favour of the EU tend to also favour the break-up of Britain?
Devolution not a priority for Welsh workers
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.
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