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9 September 2020
Grenfell fire inquiry stops victims attending
Grenfell Tower residents have been denied the right to attend the restarting inquiry into the causes of the June 2017 fire which resulted in 72 deaths
2 September 2020
Tate strike: "Coronavirus - no reason to fire us!"
Striking Tate workers in the PCS union have moved into indefinite action
17 June 2020
Three years on: No justice for Grenfell, no peace from BLM
Three years ago 72 people died in Grenfell Tower, in the richest borough of London, due to profit-over-safety seeking companies
20 March 2020
'Worst crisis in housing since World War Two' - Barking Riverside inquiry into fire
A residents-led inquiry into the Samuel Garside house fire on the Barking Riverside estate in east London met for an interim review of its findings
12 February 2020
"20 years of building regulation failures" have fallen on the one body that is completely innocent - the residents
5 February 2020
Grenfell watch: Unions challenge 'mockery of justice'
General union Unite and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have challenged Grenfell suppliers' scandalous request for immunity from prosecution in exchange for cooperating with the public inquiry
15 January 2020
Cladding scandal: Government steps up defence of landlords
The government stands accused of "systemic failure" to uphold building regulations and keep residents safe from fire.
4 December 2019
Surrey firefighters to ballot on Christmas industrial action
Firefighters in Surrey are balloting on industrial action to commence on 24 December, after exhausting all other avenues to prevent dangerous cuts to their fire and rescue service
20 November 2019
Bolton university fire: government inaction puts safety at risk
Fire ripped through a six-storey student accommodation block, with what eyewitnesses described as terrifying speed, on the evening of 15 November
13 November 2019
Barking: protest brings pledge to remove dangerous decking
Following our protest last month, covered by BBC London news, estate residents have received a letter addressing the most prominent fire safety issue.
6 November 2019
Grenfell fire inquiry spin deflects blame from establishment
Press coverage of the Grenfell Tower inquiry's first report emphasised criticisms of the fire brigade rather than the important fact that it found that the cladding on the tower breached building regulations.
30 October 2019
Grenfell inquiry serves to deflect opinion away from the establishment
The inquiry re is trying to put responsibility on to firefighters
30 October 2019
TV: The Accident - Will capitalism be exposed in upsetting, true-to-life drama?
There's a huge explosion on a building site. Children playing on the poorly guarded site are caught in the blast - dead, injured or trapped in an unsafe building that's collapsing.
23 October 2019
Burnt-out Barking residents picket builders' sales day
Our protest outside the builder Bellway's sales event, at the Hilton Tower Bridge hotel next to City Hall in central London, was a huge success.
18 September 2019
March planned to save Bewdley Fire Station
The campaign to save Bewdley Fire Station continues to build, with a march and rally planned for Saturday 28 September, starting at 10.30am
18 September 2019
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Rape convictions; Jeffrey Boycott; climate change; Brexit and Yellowhammer
18 September 2019
South Yorkshire defeats fire cuts
After months of campaigning, lobbying and petitioning by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Socialist Party and others, on 16 September the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority voted not to proceed with the chief fire officer's proposal to reduce crewing levels from five to four
17 September 2019
South Yorkshire FBU celebrates halt to cuts
After a successful and hard-fought campaign from Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members, the fire authority resoundingly voted to shelve the proposed plans to reduce the number of firefighters riding a fire engine from five to four, which would have seen 84 firefighter posts cut.
11 September 2019
Another London block of flats destroyed by fire - remove unsafe cladding now!
I woke up on 9 September to learn about the fire that happened at Worcester Park, south west London, exactly three months after the fire that took place in Samuel Garside House in Barking, the building where I live.
28 August 2019
Worcestershire: Stop the fire cuts!
On 21 August, over 80 people attended a protest at Bewdley fire station in Worcestershire against its closure. The protest was called by Save Bewdley Fire Station Campaign, which has collected over 2,000 signatures on its petition against closure.
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