HANK ROBERTS welcomes news that asbestos has been judged too dangerous to leave in situ in schools and public buildings, and issues a clarion call to readers to help make sure action is actually taken

HANK ROBERTS warns that new research predicts a catastrophic rise in asbestos-related deaths among former pupils and teachers as school buildings deteriorate, bursting the ‘it’s safe if not disturbed’ myth

HANK ROBERTS looks at the Prime Minister's record and concludes Dawn Butler may have had a point this week

HANK ROBERTS writes that his own experience of exposing a headteacher who had misappropriated millions in school funds and then spending almost a decade trying to bring him to justice shows how inherently corrupt the academies system is

In the class war strategy must come before tactics — and that means we must focus on how we are going to fight austerity after Covid-19. HANK ROBERTS prescribes uniting all those who can be united

Even though we are going through terrible times, from crisis can come positive change, argues HANK ROBERTS

The government is ignoring the advice of the medical community by lifting restrictions over Christmas and forcing schools to remain open, warns HANK ROBERTS

At a time of national crisis, only a command economy can provide the co-ordinated, integrated response needed to defeat the virus, says HANK ROBERTS

We cannot let PM Johnson continue to erode accountability for those who rule us so badly — the exam scandal should mean the end for the Secretary of State for Education, argues HANK ROBERTS

HANK ROBERTS suggests five tests for a safe return to the classroom: retain, remove, restore, rebuild and reinstate

With their efforts to thwart Brexit, Tom Watson and the Labour Right are helping Boris Johnson’s electoral chances, writes HANK ROBERTS