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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
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
Private Finance Initiative: IT IS another sign of the unhealthily close link between big business and the Labour government...
6 December 2007
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Brown has more in common with Margaret Thatcher than the trade unions |
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...
11 October 2007
Brown's expedient election climb-down
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Gordon Brown and David Cameron play 'Snap' |
27 September 2007
British banking crisis: Toxic system exposed
THE NEAR collapse of Northern Rock bank, accompanied by the most astonishing scenes of panic for generations outside its branches, has serious political implications for Britain and the government of Gordon Brown...
27 September 2007
Brown's blue bluster in Bournemouth
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Unite trade union demonstration outside Labour Party conference 2007, photo Bob Severn |
20 September 2007
TUC conference: Workers defy Brown
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Brown dashed from the TUC to meet the hated Margaret Thatcher |
26 July 2007
NHS: no more cuts, no more privatisation
The trade unions need to unite the campaigns to defend the NHS and fight for a living wage for a health workers...
26 July 2007
Brown's 'affordable housing' plan - all smoke and mirrors?
PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown stirred up the press and the housing world last week when, after just two weeks in post, he promised a 20% increase in the country's housebuilding programme, claiming that three million homes woul...
5 July 2007
Brown's government for the rich
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Demonstration against cuts in the NHS, 1 November 2006, photo Paul Mattsson |
5 July 2007
Blair's toadying surpasses all clichés
The Blair moment: TONY BLAIR'S last prime minister's question time and subsequent departure from Downing Street defied historical precedent...
28 June 2007
It's business as usual as European summit ignores public opposition
French and Dutch voters defeated the 2004 draft European Union (EU) constitution when they voted No to it in 2005...
28 June 2007
Private equity: SOCIALIST PARTY deputy general secretary HANNAH SELL was on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC radio last week, debating the infamous 'private equity' schemes with Hank Potts, equity strategist at Barclays Private Clients...
28 June 2007
National Shop Stewards network: Rank and file getting organised
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Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT |
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