Review by Jamie Green The Cramlington Train Wreckers, by Ed Waugh, has just completed a very successful tour in the North East. This is a
Category: Britain
Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 30-35 Update
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,
Reeves and public sector pensions
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member Rachel Reeves recently announced changes to public sector (local government) pension schemes. She wants to roll
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member The Budget has gone down badly with many employers. The supermarket chains claim that it will
TV review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member This week, the Channel 4 Dispatches programme, for the first time broadcast details of the
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member Bridget Philiipson, the Education Secretary, announced an increase in tuition fees of over 3%, the first
By Michael Roberts The newly elected Labour government’s first budget has just been presented. Rachel Reeves, the UK finance minister (called Chancellor of the Exchequer
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member The budget was described as a traditional Labour Party budget. ‘Tax and spend’ was the cry
Editorial: despite the hype, this was not a budget for ‘working people’
If there is one thing that can be said for Rachel Reeves’ budget, the first ever by a woman Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was
First Labour government ended a hundred years ago
By Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member The first Labour Government was elected in January 1924 and subsequently fell in the general election nine