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19 March 2008
Darling's 'more of the same' budget
Editorial: "The most wrenching since the end of the second world war" is how Alan Greenspan, ex-head of the US Federal Reserve, described the current crisis engulfing the US economy...
12 March 2008
Prison officers reject pay offer
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John Hancock speaking at Socialist Party congress 2008, photo Paul Mattsson |
12 March 2008
Hospital trusts... who makes the decisions?
"THE NHS of the future will be one of patient power; patients engaged and taking greater control over their own health and their healthcare too." So said prime minister Gordon Brown (as reported in the Guardian), writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester Socialist Party.
4 March 2008
Meet Brown's new finance expert
GORDON BROWN has appointed Jennifer Moses, a former director of Goldman Sachs, to the No 10 Policy Unit, writes Roger Shrives
4 March 2008
Teachers must reject real pay cuts
DURING THIS month, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) is organising a national strike ballot giving teachers across England and Wales the chance to stand firm together, Martin Powell-Davies and Linda Taaffe write.
1 March 2008
In addition the right-wing trade union bureaucracy is far more removed from the membership than was the case in the 1970s...
27 February 2008
Miliband's extraordinary apology on rendition
"SORRY FOR letting kidnappers and torturers use our territory". This is what foreign secretary David Miliband should have said in his belated apology, writes Dave Carr
20 February 2008
Prison officers fight Labour's strike ban
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Prison Officers Association protest outside the Royal Court of Justice, joined by Brian Caton, POA general secretary, photo Keith Dickinson |
20 February 2008
1918-2008: Clause 4 and nine decades of workers' struggles
CLAUSE IV, part 4, the 'socialist' clause of the Labour Party's constitution enshrining public ownership of industry and finance, was adopted at a party conference in 1918...
19 February 2008
Northern Rock - Labour's reluctant nationalisation
The Socialist Editorial The nationalisation of Northern Rock was met with howls of outrage from some of its shareholders, who screamed about 'theft' and 'immorality'. This was a major blow against the concept of an unfettered market-driven economy...
13 February 2008
Prison officers: Fighting for trade union rights
The Prison Officers Association (POA) shocked the government by going on a one-day strike on 29 August 2007...
13 February 2008
Newham workers angry at councillors
AROUND 100 people met to support Michael Gavan, victimised chair of Newham Unison, at a meeting in Stratford on 11 February. ... By Manny Thain
12 February 2008
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The grim reaper - NHS market reforms, photo Paul Mattsson |
US health care shark United Health has just been fined record amounts for refusing health insurance claims, writes Lois Austin.
17 January 2008
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Greenwich council workers lobby the council, photo Paul Mattsson |
17 January 2008
Blair's rewards from big business
SO TONY Blair has a new £2.5 million a year job as a part-time adviser to the international financial services and investment banking group, JPMorgan...
6 December 2007
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Brown has more in common with Margaret Thatcher than the trade unions |
6 December 2007
Private Finance Initiative: IT IS another sign of the unhealthily close link between big business and the Labour government...
6 December 2007
System change not climate change
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Climate change demo December 2007, photo Paul Mattsson |
8 November 2007
Education, Education, Education
Education for the rich: TONY BLAIR'S rallying cry of the 1997 general election was for "education, education, education", a call that chimed with the aspirations of ordinary people to have the opportunity to learn, develop ideas and understanding...
22 October 2007
Gordon Brown's honeymoon is over. His initial commanding lead in opinion polls fuelled speculation of a snap election. Now, the new prime minister trails...
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