Andy Burnham could learn a few lessons from a previous Labour government in the pre-privatisation era on how to tackle water shortages, writes KEITH FLETT
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Prison officers pile on the pressure
Tory austerity triggered a crisis in our jails and only a decisive break from the past can turn this around, explains STEVE GILLAN
HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow, October 16, 2013
North East Volunteers for Liberty plan to mark a double anniversary in October for local heroes who stood firm against tyranny, writes TONY FOX
India’s monsoon is running below normal overall, yet extreme rainfall has already caused deadly flooding in Kerala, explains LIGIN JOSEPH
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
The US is hell-bent on dismantling the International Criminal Court as part of its assault on global legal systems, but others also have valid reasons to seek its demise. BEN CHACKO provides the analysis
LIKE every other trade union leader in Britain, I’m looking forward very much to the first TUC conference in 15 years under a Labour government.
A decade-and-a-half of cruel Tory austerity has devastated our public services — and prisons are no exception.
The overcrowding crisis has been all over the news but, as I wrote in these pages last month, this is just the tip of the prisons iceberg.
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With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
United Nations experts slam Britain for ‘perpetuating serious human rights violations’
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN