Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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We think it is madness to want to take guards off trains. We should be doing the exact opposite of that
Craig Johnston talks to the press
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
The RMT’s battle against driver-only operation (DOO) has gone on for several years and recent strike action has reaffirmed the essential role train guards play.
Northern regional organiser Craig Johnston tells the Star that the union’s social media strategy was key to winning over passengers.
He says a visible online presence was “absolutely essential to the guards campaign, both for communication between the union and its members and also in terms of getting our message across to the passengers.”
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