The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Nuclear-powered crony capitalism
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how the Tories bailed out Hitachi to save billion-pound atomic Anglesey deal
EDF Group chairman Jean-Bernard Levy chairman of EDF Group, Energy Secretary Greg Clark and China General Nuclear chairman He Yu signing the Hinkley Point deal two years ago
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
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Michael Gove promised earlier this month to crack down on “crony capitalism.”
At the same time his cabinet colleague Energy Secretary Greg Clark was offering a £5 billion bailout to Japanese nuclear firm Hitachi. It looks like a classic crony capitalist deal.
Gove argued: “Crony capitalists have rigged the system in their favour and against the rest of us.”
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