Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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Rail safety is at stake for all of us
The recent crash in Ohio goes to shows how dangerous the kind of cuts the rail companies and government are trying to push through here in Britain can be, writes MICK LYNCH, ahead of the annual RMT health and safety conference
A man takes photos as a black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train, February 6, 2023
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
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Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
AROUND 170 safety reps will attend the annual RMT health and safety conference in York on February 21 and 22.
The conference takes place against a backdrop of Network Rail, London Underground and the train operating companies wanting to push through a jobs cull as they seek to take advantage of the Covid crisis to deliver a devastating short-term cuts agenda on rail on behalf of a government that wants to slash £2.5 billion from the industry.
RMT has been at the forefront of the current wave of industrial action, in taking 19 days of strike action to oppose these attacks — with more industrial action scheduled for March.
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