Public and Commercial Services union leader FRAN HEATHCOTE warns the Chancellor not to take an axe to the Civil Service – and points to measures that would genuinely improve the public sector
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London bus campaign shows how to bring together communities and trade unionists
The Tories have tried to divide striking workers from the wider public, but in reality we have common cause, says RUTH HAYES, as Unite bus workers take industrial action
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DR DYLAN MURPHY asks why Labour is continuing the Tory war on the disabled, when viable alternatives have been spelt out in detail
That should be warning enough to end the company’s contract with the NHS, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The murder of an anti-racist protester in 1979 by a special unit of the Met Police was followed by a gruelling battle to win answers about what happened on that tragic day. Now material related to that campaign is available to the public and researchers for the first time at the Bishopsgate Institute. INDIANNA PURCELL reports
In advance of the Socialism or Barbarism day school on March 29, Arise Festival’s SAM BROWSE writes on why we must oppose the cuts to welfare and the drive to war
While VINCE MILLS laments the resignation of Neil Findlay from Scottish Labour, he explains why he won’t be joining him outside the party in the ongoing struggle for a socialist future
THIS summer has seen public transport move up the news agenda — the climate crisis highlights the urgent need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and to have a strong public transport infrastructure; strikes by RMT, Aslef and Unite are showing how vital our front-line services are in keeping Britain moving and supporting the economy; and the cost-of-living crisis means that our buses and trains are crucial not only to get people to work and to the shops, and to enable them to visit friends and family, but also as places of light and warmth.
It is shocking that this should be the case, but it was happening last winter, and is bound to increase this autumn as energy costs soar and real incomes drop.
Our services are already under pressure, with news of companies closing and routes being reduced across Britain.
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