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
Category: Britain
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
By Andy Ford, Unite Health NIC The perils of privatised ambulance services have just been shown, yet again, by the collapse of ‘SVL Homecare’ in
By Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour Party member The BBC recently broadcast a programme on the attempt by the IRA to assassinate Margaret Thatcher
Dave Putson reviews this recent Left Horizons booklet by Steve McKenzie which is based on his long experience in the trades union movement. “Rebuilding Our
By Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) The Tory Leadership contest seems pretty irrelevant for most workers. However , the election does give an
Is there really a £22bn ‘black hole’?
Andy Ford, Warrington South CLP member BBC’s Radio 4 programme More Or Less focuses on, and often debunks, fake statistics, hence its title. It recently
