Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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Preparing for Power: how will the next Labour government restore our rights at work?
SAM TOBIN speaks to Institute of Employment Rights director Carolyn Jones and John Hendy QC about shifting the balance of power between employer and employee
Shadow chancellor John McDonell (left) at the launch of the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law with director Carolyn Jones and Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack
Our groundbreaking report reveals how private rail companies are bleeding millions from public coffers through exploitative leasing practices — but we have the solutions, writes Aslef Scottish organiser KEVIN LINDSAY
With Reform UK surging and Labour determined not to offer anything different from the status quo, a clear opportunity opens for the left, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Reform’s rise speaks to a deep crisis in Establishment parties – but relies on appealing to social and economic grievances the left should make its own, argues NICK WRIGHT
This year’s Bristol Radical History Festival focused on the persistent threats of racism, xenophobia and, of course, our radical collective resistance to it across Ireland and Britain, reports LYNNE WALSH
A maverick’s self-inflicted snake bites could unlock breakthrough treatments – but they also reveal deeper tensions between noble scientific curiosity and cold corporate callousness, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The FBU is demanding 52 weeks of full pay for women firefighters, highlighting the unique health risks they face — and the continuing need to recruit and retain more women if policies like this are still not in place, writes SEONA HART
AS THOUSANDS take to the streets tomorrow to again demand a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s pay, it is tempting to think what we might be doing if last year's election had gone differently.
Labour outperformed all expectations, denied the Tories a widely expected majority and came closer to government than anyone thought possible — though, as Jeremy Corbyn would tell you, not close enough.
If the campaign was just a few weeks longer, we might be marching today celebrating, rather than demanding, a new deal for workers.
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