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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...

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12 March 2008

Prison officers reject pay offer

John Hancock speaking at Socialist Party congress 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

John Hancock speaking at Socialist Party congress 2008, photo Paul Mattsson

ON 8 March, John Hancock, (right) branch secretary of the Prison Officers Association (POA) in Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, brought greetings to the Socialist Party's annual conference...

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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.

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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

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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.

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1 March 2008

Trade union bureaucracy

In addition the right-wing trade union bureaucracy is far more removed from the membership than was the case in the 1970s...

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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

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20 February 2008

Prison officers fight Labour's strike ban

Prison Officers Association protest outside the Royal Court of Justice, joined by Brian Caton, POA general secretary, photo Keith Dickinson

Prison Officers Association protest outside the Royal Court of Justice, joined by Brian Caton, POA general secretary, photo Keith Dickinson

THE PRISON Officers Association (POA) special delegate conference met on 19 February in emergency session. They were hammering out what the POA should do in response to the Labour government's reintroduction of the Tories' 1994 legislation which makes strikes illegal in the prison service.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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12 February 2008

Stop NHS privatisation now!

The grim reaper - NHS market reforms, photo Paul Mattsson

The grim reaper - NHS market reforms, photo Paul Mattsson

GORDON BROWN'S government is dismantling the National Health Service at an ever-faster rate by pushing ahead with privatisation.

US health care shark United Health has just been fined record amounts for refusing health insurance claims, writes Lois Austin.

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17 January 2008

Fight for a living wage

Greenwich council workers lobby the council, photo Paul Mattsson

Greenwich council workers lobby the council, photo Paul Mattsson

No to Brown's three-year pay deal: PUBLIC-SECTOR workers will be outraged at Gordon Brown's recent statements, writes Onay Kasab, Greenwich council worker

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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...

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6 December 2007

Labour's funding scandal

 Brown has more in common with Margaret Thatcher

Brown has more in common with Margaret Thatcher than the trade unions

Editorial: THE PARTY funding scandal engulfing New Labour is only the latest in a long line of similar sleaze scandals...

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6 December 2007

How New Labour got hooked

Private Finance Initiative: IT IS another sign of the unhealthily close link between big business and the Labour government...

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6 December 2007

System change not climate change

Climate change demo December 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

Climate change demo December 2007, photo Paul Mattsson

System change not climate change: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is currently taking place in Bali...

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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...

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22 October 2007

Brown's blues

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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