Global conflict and a gas-linked pricing system are driving up costs, despite a welcome shift towards renewables, explains MURAD QURESHI
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Clydebank TUC secretary TOM MORRISON welcomes moves to unite the various anti-austerity campaigns in Scotland
From HMP Bronzefield, Palestine Action activist AMU GIB talks to Andrew Murray about why they are standing in local elections in north London, and the need to amplify voices that are often unheard
The route to liberation does not lie in waiting for allies or chasing representation for its own sake – it requires consistent political strategy and collective struggle, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Welsh Labour leader ELUNED MORGAN explains how a vote for the party will deliver the progress and continuity the country needs on manufacturing, renewables, creative industries and more
The party’s internal enforcer built his sinister influence in the shadows – but nemesis now appears to be at hand, says ANDREW MURRAY
Britain’s housing crisis is no accident but a political choice, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
SCOTLAND, like the rest of Britain, has had yet another Tory prime minister foisted upon it. Austerity has returned to the political agenda with any pretence of “levelling up” binned.
Rampant inflation and soaring energy costs, rising debt with the possibility of securing an affordable mortgage a pipe dream, our health service at risk of being overwhelmed — all that is still with us, as are plans for more anti-trade union legislation.
Pension fund collapse is maybe not such a possibility given the latest Chancellor (at the time of writing) has succumbed to the wishes of the market.
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