

IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action
Unions and campaigners condemn Home Secretary after government confirms scrapping of care worker visas
Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham
As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE