The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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E-Act – the academy trust that’s gaming the system
If you want schools to be committed to public education, they have to be publicly owned, says SOLOMON HUGHES
FAILING: Teachers walk out of Willenhall E-Act Academy, the troubled Walsall school where Ofsted inspectors were pelted with food, over safety fears in 2017
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
ONE of the key arguments of “New Labour” was that ownership of public services didn’t matter.
Tony Blair spent a lot of political energy getting rid of the pro-nationalisation Clause IV of Labour’s constitution.
He argued that the state did not need to own public services. In fact, new market and quasi-market-driven providers would introduce “innovation.” The public interest could be maintained by contracts, targets, inspections and league tables.
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