Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
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Taylor Wimpey: help-to-buy means help-to-profit
The government's help to buy scheme doesn't address the housing crisis, notes SOLOMON HUGHES: it just boosts developers' profits
A Taylor Wimpey housing development
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
TAYLOR WIMPEY’S accounts are out, and they show again how the Tory-linked developers are heavily reliant on government support.
The accounts, covering 2020 but released this July, show turnover and profits are well down, thanks to Covid-19.
But Taylor Wimpey are still doing OK: turnover dropped a third, to £2.79 billion. Profits dropped about two thirds, but still stand at £274m.
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