Labour would end austerity and kick start national investment within first 100 days, McDonnell says

ENDING austerity in the welfare system and public services would be the priority for the first 100 days of a Labour government, shadow chancellor J

Swinson urged to apologise for tuition fee hike shame

LIB DEM leader Jo Swinson is facing calls to apologise for hiking tuition fees today on the anniversary of the 2010 vote that condemned thousands o

Cartoon A map of Tory Britain, 2019

by Mike Bryson and Coiln Gardner

‘Save From Harm’ - social work after a decade of austerity

JOHN WATSON, a senior social worker, gives his personal view of the survey results of a damning report released this week by Unison

Labour reveals plan to end rough sleeping in five years

Editorial: Schools policy must work to abolish sectional privilege and elitism

IN THE last school year total school spending per pupil across Britain was around £6,600. A bit more in Scotland. A bit less in Wales.

Tory sidekick’s spectacular memory loss

The Lib Dems were more than willing partners in Tory austerity policies that brought Britain to its knees and their present offer is an attempt to hoodwink the gullible among the electorate

‘You can’t keep people safe on the cheap,’ Corbyn warns after London Bridge attack

The Labour leader said cuts to public services had led to authorities struggling to effectively tackle terrorism and extremism

Editorial: Labour’s programme is not enough to redress the effect of austerity

DON’T mud wrestle with a pig, you get dirty and the pig likes it.

Schools in disrepair due to years of education cuts

A TEACHERS’ union slammed the government’s pledge to increase school funding as “empty promises” today in light of years of education cut