The UK Prime Minister may have the regal touch in northern England, but he’s been wrong-footed on the constitutional challenges posed by the Celtic Alliance of first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, argues KENNY MacASKILL
AS negotiations to set the global minimum wage for seafarers drew to a conclusion, the shipowners made a shocking suggestion.
This is the moment, they announced, to disregard the International Labour Organisation (ILO) mechanism and cut the real value of the ILO minimum wage, currently set at $21.36 (£15.35) a day.
At almost the same time, AP Moller-Maersk, the container shipping giant that carries approximately one-fifth of global exports, issued a dramatic update of its own.
More than 100 coastal nations use cabotage laws to protect domestic shipping and seafarer jobs. SASCHA MEIJER of Nautilus International says it’s time for Britain to follow suit
Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30


