Make energy independent
Energy has been hardest hit by the deluge of EU directives instructing us what we could do and how we could do it…
Gambling away people’s lives
Problem gambling is on the rise and there is little regulation to protect those caught up in this quintessentially capitalist addiction…
France - Big boost for military
France, presumably a key player in the future EU Army, has announced a staggering 260 billion euro rise in military spending between 2018 and 2025.
Wind farm bonanza
Between 2012 and 2017 wind farm owners were paid £367 million in “constraint” payments – payments to not produce electricity.
Populism: a force to reckon with
Anything outside the norm that attracts support from the people but is feared by vested interests is likely to be labelled “populist”. What does it mean?
Positive thinking
At last, an optimistic book setting out how Brexit can make life better for Britain…
Construction - Midlands growth
Around 17,000 new jobs are to be created in the West Midlands construction sector over the next five years.
Customs: something to declare
18 February 2018
Suddenly, it seems, the talk is all about the EU’s customs union, with “commentators” bewailing the possibility that in leaving the EU Britain will also leave the customs union.
Internships 'shutting out' youngsters, says report
17 February 2018
Unpaid internships, combined with rising living costs, are shutting less-advantaged youngsters out of many careers, according to a study from social mobility campaigners the Sutton Trust.
USA: preparing for war not defence
5 February 2018
The USA has announced a new "defence" strategy. It's really about warmongering and how to defeat opponents at any cost.
Click to enlist? Oops...
28 January 2018
The government’s attempt to recruit solely by online application has failed despite spending over £1.3 billion on a computer system run by Britain’s largest outsourcing IT company.
University pensions fight takes off
28 January 2018
Strike action will begin in universities across Britain as academic staff fight back against the plan by the university employers to close their final salary pension scheme.
Royal Mail snubs EU withdrawal
21 January 2018
The Royal Mail has announced that it will not be issuing special stamps to commemorate leaving the European Union, claimingit would damage its “strict political neutrality”.
Co-op Bank slashes yet more branches
21 January 2018
Now effectively in the hands of US private equity companies, the Co-op Bank has ordered a further round of branch closures.
EU imposes anti-union law on Greece
18 January 2018
Under orders from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF, the Greek government has pushed through the most anti-union law in Europe.
Hope for skills at Bombardier trains
17 January 2018
On the back of new contracts, Bombardier has announced more apprenticeships in Derby to work on the new Aventra trains.
Sickness among teachers rockets
15 January 2018
Sickness among teachers is adding to the pressure created by staff shortages – leading to a teachers leaving the profession and creating even more strain.
A farewell to coal?
15 January 2018
The government has repeated its intention to close all coal-fired electricity power generation by 2025.
Carillion: over the precipice
15 January 2018
Carillion the construction and facilities management services company has collapsed into liquidation, as we predicted in October 2017. This is a failure of the “free” market and capitalist dogma: its workers and those who use its services will suffer.
Faith in schools
15 January 2018
The government is doing little to curb religious segregation and the influence of faith schools. The new education secretary is a supporter of religious segregation. The chief inspector of schools says more powers are needed to tackle illegal faith schools.
Museum workers fight contract changes
11 January 2018
Over 25 workers at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich braved freezing weather on 1 January 2018 to picket in protest against proposed contractual changes.
NHS land sell-off for 'unaffordable' housing
11 January 2018
A nurse would have to save for 53 years just to put down a deposit on homes built on sold-off NHS land, says a new report.
Boom in factory output
11 January 2018
Manufacturing is growing more quickly than at any time in the past seven years, official figures suggest.
Scarlet fever makes a comeback
6 January 2018
The rise in the number of cases of scarlet fever shows no sign of tailing off significantly, with a record 544 cases recorded in England in the week before Christmas.
Revolution: which side are you on?
A century after the Bolshevik Revolution ushered in workers’ power, the lessons continue to reverberate around the world…
A long way from a believable future for rail
The government talks about having a strategy, but the reality is that overambitious forecasts are likely to leave services cut, and taxpayers and passengers picking up the bill…
No pay, no productivity
Stop all this talk about higher productivity being the route to higher pay. In fact, the reverse is true: only when pay rates rise will capitalists be forced to invest…
Grenfell: no control, no accountability
Tenants at Grenfell Tower could not have done more to attract attention to the risk of fire. But they were up against more than penny-pinching profiteers – a whole system had been designed to take control away from them…
On the march towards a European army
The current president of the European Commission wants it. So did his predecessors. And now the whole EU is taking steps towards the creation of a unified European military, along with unified defence research…
How politicians created a childcare crisis
What happens when the government introduces a childcare scheme but fails to fund it properly? Nurseries are closing, childminders are quitting – and parents and grandparents are picking up the bill…