Hundreds of thousands of workers took strike action on Wednesday, Budget Day. Protesting against the relentless erosion of their living standards, strikers included rail workers,
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Letter from John Wake, Harlow Dear Editor, Harlow MP, Robert Halfon, ought to be ashamed of his endorsement of the aptly-named, Illegal Migration Bill. Aptly
By Sam Gleaden, Mental Health Worker They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there’s no such thing as society. There are individual
A Review by Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) In this programme, broadcast on 23rd February, Datshiane Navanayagam, a reporter for ITV1’s Tonight programme,
By Michael Roberts Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington are authors of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and
By Sue Denham Audrey White’s dispute with Lady at Lord John Liverpool, 1983 Forty years ago, a clothing shop manager in Liverpool, Audrey White, took
By Andy Ford The BBC recently aired a programme in the Bottom Line series on Radio 4, called The French Correction. It pointed out that
By Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member The recent anti-migrant demonstration outside a hotel in Liverpool that houses asylum seekers is an example of
By Gray Allan, Falkirk Labour Party member On Wednesday 15th February there was a shock announcement in Scotland with Nicola Sturgeon calling, at very short
Energy giants profiteer at workers’ expense – and the planet’s
By John Pickard It is hardly surprising that there are calls being made for additional taxes on oil and gas corporations, given that they are