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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.

National Union of Students faces bankruptcy

Reports have surfaced that the National Union of Students (NUS) is facing a profound financial crisis, estimated to lead the NUS to bankruptcy by April 2019.

Cuts and NHS crisis result in 'excess' elderly deaths

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics reveal that there were 50,100 'excess deaths' in England and Wales in the winter of 2017-18, the highest number since the mid-1970s.

Tommy Robinson's rich backers

Far-right racist Tommy Robinson, who led a march in London on 8 December, is receiving financial support from US right-wing thinktanks and others including the David Horowitz Freedom Centre (DHFC)

Universal Credit Christmas misery

The shocking effects of Universal Credit have been revealed by the ordeal faced by one mother this Christmas.

Interserve debts

Shares in Interserve - one of the UK's largest private providers of public services - have collapsed after it announced it has £500 million worth of debts.

Tories' NHS cash insult - mass action can save our NHS

£20.5 billion extra funding isn't enough to make improvements to NHS services, is the conclusion of Simon Stevens, head of NHS England. A row has broken out between him and the government.

Tory chaos reaches fever pitch

Corbyn and unions must mobilise workers to kick them out!
The government is in an unprecedented crisis. Just a day before the planned vote in parliament over Theresa May's Brexit deal proposal, she was forced to cancel it.

Fight for a general election to kick out the Tories

The clock is ticking for Theresa May and the Tories. The stakes are high for everyone - the Tories and behind them the British capitalist establishment. But also for the working class

PCS AGS election: Where now after the Left Unity conference?

Many Left Unity members will now expect that the incumbent AGS Chris Baugh will be confirmed as Left Unity's candidate.