Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Let’s drive all profit out of social care
Unison has found that millions of pounds that should be invested in vital care services are being siphoned off by private equity groups — this has to end, warns JESS TURNER
Our groundbreaking report reveals how private rail companies are bleeding millions from public coffers through exploitative leasing practices — but we have the solutions, writes Aslef Scottish organiser KEVIN LINDSAY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Reform’s rise speaks to a deep crisis in Establishment parties – but relies on appealing to social and economic grievances the left should make its own, argues NICK WRIGHT
This year’s Bristol Radical History Festival focused on the persistent threats of racism, xenophobia and, of course, our radical collective resistance to it across Ireland and Britain, reports LYNNE WALSH
A maverick’s self-inflicted snake bites could unlock breakthrough treatments – but they also reveal deeper tensions between noble scientific curiosity and cold corporate callousness, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The FBU is demanding 52 weeks of full pay for women firefighters, highlighting the unique health risks they face — and the continuing need to recruit and retain more women if policies like this are still not in place, writes SEONA HART
WALES TUC Congress is a great opportunity for trade unionists to set out how we want to transform people’s livelihoods over the next two years.
In Unison Cymru Wales, we’ll be directing our efforts to winning agreement from Congress for a public campaign to remove all profit from social care. We think a vigorous, energetic campaign led by the TUC, with rallies up and down Wales and local organising groups, would encourage Welsh government to be bolder in its vision for a national care service for Wales.
There is a crisis in the care sector and it is the exploitation of thousands of women who make up the workforce. They are trapped in in-work poverty. They’re dedicated professionals, providing essential care yet earning a pittance and many are forced to rely on benefits to survive.
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