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Welfare / 7 June 2026
7 June 2026

The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime

FBU general secretary Steve Wright
Politics / 16 May 2026
16 May 2026

The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right

Two Freightliner Freight trains pass on the tracks as they make their way through Worting Junction near to Basingstoke, Hampshire
Workers' Rights / 15 May 2026
15 May 2026
UCU members at Edinburgh University take part in industrial action at the start of a planned five-day walk-out in a dispute over plans to cut £140m from the university budget, September 8, 2025
Workers' Rights / 14 May 2026
14 May 2026
A man showing signs of depression (picture posed by a model)
Mental Health / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026
CWU members, May 13, 2026
Workers' Rights / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026
Birtek-sen members and supporters gather outside the trial in solidarity and to demand Mehmet Turkmen’s release, May 12, 2026 [Pic: Arif Bektas]
Turkey / 13 May 2026
13 May 2026

Mehmet Turkmen, president of Birtek-Sen, has been cleared of criminal charges after speaking out against the high rate of workplace injuries and deaths in Gaziantep’s textile and carpet industry. OZLEM TEMENA reports