After yet more disgraceful price hikes enacted purely to line the pockets of private shareholders, RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY demands that Labour finally does the right thing for rail workers and passengers
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Privatised ports a hindrance to economic development
KENNY MacASKILL argues that ports are a local community assets and as such should be governed by corresponding municipalities or even nationalised
Port of Leith
While the immediate impact is disastrous, the US president’s actions could lead more nations to seek greater trading stability by refocusing their economies towards each other and countries such as China, writes ROGER McKENZIE
As Israel’s crimes escalate, Keir Starmer’s government must not subvert, block or ignore the investigation and prosecution of British citizens involved in acts of genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
From the ‘motherhood pay penalty’ to low-paid care work, the Morning Star Women’s Readers and Supporters Group in Scotland has been looking at how neoliberalism has been pushing back women’s hard-won gains, writes KATE RAMSDEN
Labour’s fiscal policy is already in trouble. But simply printing money is not a solution, says the Marx Memorial Library and Workers School
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DIANE ABBOTT MP points out the false premises used by Rachel Reeves in the Spring Statement
FREEPORTS are rightly in the public eye but what about port ownership? That has had much less publicity but is often equally insidious.
Freeports are of course a shameful tax dodge, undermining workers’ rights and distorting our economy. They’re also a licence for organised crime.
As a former justice secretary, I previously chaired the Scottish Anti-illicit Trade Group, an amalgam of public and private organisations to address illicit and counterfeit trade.
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