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30% of English secondaries in deficit

Almost one in three council-maintained English secondary schools were in budget deficit in 2017-18, according to damning new figures

Robbing the working class

The fundamental problem with Universal Credit is austerity

Them & Us

It's one world for the super-rich, and another for the rest of us. Cancer waiting times; outsourcing explosion; tube pollution; Universal Credit

After Grenfell, thousands still in high-rise firetrap blocks

Cladding off now! Landlords and Tories must pay! Across England, 437 high-rise buildings are still covered in combustible cladding

May facing Brexit vote catastrophe

Corbyn must put workers' movement on a war footing!



The Tories are at each other's throats - now let's get them out!

For a socialist alternative to the Tory deal and bosses' EU

Parliament reconvened after the Christmas break with no let-up in the government's crisis over the coming Brexit vote.

Javid's migrant 'emergency'

Home Secretary Sajid Javid declared the rising numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Channel in small boats an "emergency" over Christmas. He held a conference call with officials from the Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, and National Crime Agency.

'Fat Cat Friday' shows where all the money's gone

I hadn't even received my first paycheque of the new year when the average chief executive of a FTSE 100 company had already 'earned' more than my entire annual salary - in less than three days!

What we saw

Press coverage for Socialist Party campaigns in Southampton and East London

Them & Us

It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us including millionaire Miliband and the Queen's golden piano.

Death in a doorway: struggle can end homelessness

Joby Sparrey died on Christmas Day in the doorway of a shop in Malvern, Worcestershire. Brays is a long-established shop with large doorways so he was probably able to stretch out to sleep.

Tories Out. End austerity. Mass working-class action for a general election

Few things sum up the complete disarray of this Tory government like the 'Brexit ferries'debacle.

Yet another wage-busting fare hike? Nationalise rail now!

Queues and scuffles to squeeze aboard, delays and cancellations as the life sweats out of you

Early morning cabinet meeting nods through £24 million cuts

Swansea Labour's cabinet meeting agreed a projected loss this year of 145 teaching posts and 161 council jobs

Rip-off landlords make money out of misery

600 homeless people died in 2017 in England and Wales. If people can't afford to rent, then rents should be capped, controlled and cut.

New Year. Same Universal Credit misery. Scrap it now!

Christmas was far from merry for many - we need a living wage and welfare system!

Our new year's message: Tories out - general election now!

Corbyn must use the opening weeks of 2019 to go on the offensive

Preparing the struggle for socialism in 2019

Tories torn apart, French workers and youth in revolt, 'populism' on the rise... revolution in the air? Capitalist parties across the world are split in the teeth of mounting mass opposition.

Corbyn supporter wins Welsh Labour leadership

Now fight the cuts! Mark Drakeford has been elected as leader of Welsh Labour and will be elected as First Minister

Worldwide threat to journalists at worst for ten years

The murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has brought into horrifying focus the dangers faced by reporters throughout the world.