General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
Any National Care Service must be paid for with taxes
Scotland is looking at a groundbreaking extension of social provision — or is it? Unless this project is publicly funded and run, with the private equity firms and hedge funds kept out, it will be a step sideways at best, argues BRENDA AITCHISON

OH, isn’t it surprising how quickly the ruling elites forget about the challenges we have faced over the past two years? I am of course being sarcastic; it comes as no surprise at all.
While we are still in a pandemic, so many politicians and business leaders seem to want to gloss over the ongoing challenges. If we add to this the perfect storms of increased fuel costs, tax rises and record levels of inflation, it is not a great start to the new year for so many households across the country.
This is not the case for the elite few who have gained so much during the global pandemic. The recently published Oxfam report Inequality Kills makes for grim reading.
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