The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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How Grayling’s ‘rehabilitation revolution’ went bad
Private companies running the service knew that even if they did a bad job, the ministry would always bail them out, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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
THIS month’s damning report by government watchdog the National Audit Office into the privatisation of probation exposes Chris Grayling’s vandalism on a vital public service.
The Audit Office normally uses very measured language, but in the case of Grayling’s privatisation it says: “The ministry set itself up to fail.”
The report also shows why so many other privatisations go bad. Probation services try steer ex-offenders out of crime and into jobs and housing — they are a kind of crime-fighting social work.
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