Reports and campaigns

Young people who voted for Corbyn's manifesto will now ask... How can we win those ideas?

Millions of young people voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the general election.

Massive Scottish independence demo marks new stage in struggle

At least 80,000 marchers packed the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow

London: Protesters return to oppose Middle East war

On 11 January, Stop the War called a second demonstration in central London after the recent attacks in Iraq and Iran.

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.

Nottingham: Youth protest against Barclays £64 million fossil-fuel investments

20 young people protested outside Barclays bank in Nottingham on 11 January.

Westex Carpet strike reaches two month mark

Members of Unite the Union at the Westex Carpets factory in Cleckheaton, west Yorkshire, are about to reach the two month mark in their ongoing dispute over pay.

Stop gentrification in Newham: "We are here, you have consulted us and we're not going anywhere!"

Over 100 Newham, east London residents and market traders crowded into a church hall on Green Street to hear Labour Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz explain plans to 'regenerate' Queen's Market.

Socialist Party national committee meeting

The Socialist Party held a very important National Committee on 11-12 January, the first since the general election

Hackney school bus workers win pay increase following strikes

A long-running dispute between Hackney council and school bus staff has been brought to an end after workers secured increased pay and a commitment to make agency roles permanent

Northern Ireland: Thousands of nurses continue to strike for better pay

Thousands of nurses and healthcare workers in Northern Ireland have been taking part in industrial action since November over pay parity and staffing

London bus drivers ballot to strike

Exhausted bus drivers in London are planning to strike, demanding that Transport for London (TfL) take action "to tackle chronic levels of fatigue being experienced by bus drivers."

PCS: Time to rebuild the left

A meeting called in the name of the PCS Broad Left Network takes place in Manchester on 18 January. The main business will be to agree a programme and candidates to contest the 2020 elections in the PCS

Union lawyer arrested on security guards' picket line

The United Voices of the World (UVW) union, whose members are striking for 48 hours at St George's Hospital, University of London, are taking legal action after its lawyer was arrested on the picket line

Unison national executive members challenge validity of nomination for Keir Starmer for leader of the Labour Party

Build union resistance to Tory attacks

Almost the first act of Boris Johnson's new government was to use the Queen's Speech to prepare new anti-trade union legislation. So much for Boris trying to portray himself as pro-worker. This will be a government of and for the rich, against the working class.

£50,240 - a new fighting fund record

The Socialist Party has broken its record for the most money raised in a single quarter at least since the millennium

West Midlands RMT guards jobs saved

RMT transport union members at West Midlands Trains have scored a victory over bosses in a dispute over scrapping guards on trains.

What next after the general election, for PCS and the left

Preparing the PCS civil servants' union to withstand the attacks of the new Tory government is urgent. Equally important is the role our union can play in ensuring the whole trade union movement responds to the coming attacks.

Defend the right to strike

The Queen's Speech announced the new Tory government's intention to add yet more anti-union laws to Britain's statute books.

Trump attacks Iran - London protest: We need workers' action against war and austerity

Socialist Party members responded to the call to oppose Trump's drone strike on Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and the ratcheting up to war on Saturday 4 January.