Cuts to welfare and aid go hand-in-hand with the war drive

DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement

Features | Tuesday 01st Apr 2025

On the streets in Argentina, the rebellion grows

Features | Saturday 29th Mar 2025

Labour denies it, but Reeves has brought back austerity

Britain | Friday 28th Mar 2025

Barrage of bill hikes sees the cost-of-living crisis bite

Friday 01st Oct 2021

A hard winter — but will there be discontent?

People are facing a triple whammy of rising energy costs, a national insurance hike and a cut to universal credit — but with Starmer’s failure to step up, it’s now up to the unions to fight back, writes STEVEN WALKER

Wednesday 22nd Sep 2021

Tory ministers have no plan to tackle child poverty as rates expected to rise, MPs say

TORY ministers “do not have a plan” to tackle child poverty, a group of cross-party MPs warned today.

Friday 17th Sep 2021

Mother of disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were cut loses bid for fresh inquest

THE mother of a housebound, disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were cut lost a High Court bid today for a fresh inquest into her

Monday 13th Sep 2021

TUC CONGRESS 2021 TUC delegates back calls for new investment in public services after more than a decade of austerity

DELEGATES at the TUC’s annual congress backed calls today for new investment in public services after more than a decade of austerity.

Thursday 09th Sep 2021

Sunak told to publish government's impact analysis of the planned cuts to universal credit

CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak was told today that his government must publish its impact analysis of the planned cut to universal credit (UC) over fears t

Friday 10th Sep 2021

Join the People's Assembly's pre-Congress TUC rally for unity in action

Fighting separately has allowed the Tories to divide and isolate us – we need to build up union strength and co-ordinate effectively, warns FRAN HEATHCOTE of PCS

Thursday 26th Aug 2021

Years of falling wages under the Conservatives leaves workers over £1,000 worse off, finds Labour

YEARS of falling wages after more than a decade of Tory austerity have left workers over £1,000 a year worse off, Labour warned today.

Saturday 14th Aug 2021

New figures show cuts to drug and alcohol treatment services is causing deaths

NEW figures have laid bare the extent of treatment services cuts, as record numbers die from alcohol-related diseases and drug poisoning.

Tuesday 10th Aug 2021

Tottenham ten years on from the riots: writing a provisional history of the present

Socialist historian and local KEITH FLETT looks at what has changed and what has not for the famous working-class area in North London, from racism to gentrification

Tuesday 03rd Aug 2021

Cuts to welfare and aid go hand-in-hand with the war drive

DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement

On the streets in Argentina, the rebellion grows

Labour denies it, but Reeves has brought back austerity

Barrage of bill hikes sees the cost-of-living crisis bite

A hard winter — but will there be discontent?

People are facing a triple whammy of rising energy costs, a national insurance hike and a cut to universal credit — but with Starmer’s failure to step up, it’s now up to the unions to fight back, writes STEVEN WALKER

Tory ministers have no plan to tackle child poverty as rates expected to rise, MPs say

TORY ministers “do not have a plan” to tackle child poverty, a group of cross-party MPs warned today.

Mother of disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were cut loses bid for fresh inquest

THE mother of a housebound, disabled woman who killed herself after her benefits were cut lost a High Court bid today for a fresh inquest into her

TUC CONGRESS 2021 TUC delegates back calls for new investment in public services after more than a decade of austerity

DELEGATES at the TUC’s annual congress backed calls today for new investment in public services after more than a decade of austerity.

Sunak told to publish government's impact analysis of the planned cuts to universal credit

CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak was told today that his government must publish its impact analysis of the planned cut to universal credit (UC) over fears t

Join the People's Assembly's pre-Congress TUC rally for unity in action

Fighting separately has allowed the Tories to divide and isolate us – we need to build up union strength and co-ordinate effectively, warns FRAN HEATHCOTE of PCS

Years of falling wages under the Conservatives leaves workers over £1,000 worse off, finds Labour

YEARS of falling wages after more than a decade of Tory austerity have left workers over £1,000 a year worse off, Labour warned today.

New figures show cuts to drug and alcohol treatment services is causing deaths

NEW figures have laid bare the extent of treatment services cuts, as record numbers die from alcohol-related diseases and drug poisoning.

Tottenham ten years on from the riots: writing a provisional history of the present

Socialist historian and local KEITH FLETT looks at what has changed and what has not for the famous working-class area in North London, from racism to gentrification

Tory hunger hypocrisy

MP who voted for social security cuts and against free school meals complains of ‘intolerable hunger’ in the home counties

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