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Tories knocked back on schools opening

The government has faced parental distrust and organised trade union opposition

Lessons from the Corbyn experience

What are the lessons of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party leadership for the ongoing struggle to achieve mass, working-class, socialist political representation?

Reckless, lying cheats

* One rule for Cummings, another for us
* More Tory lies over PPE and testing
* Dangerous return to school and work strategy

Not only Cummings but the whole Tory government must go!

United action can defeat Tories' dangerous school plan

The plans for primary schools to open more widely show complete disregard for public health.

Coronavirus pandemic news in brief

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is launching a bailout scheme called 'Project Birch' to prevent the collapse of key big businesses

More blunders and profiteering in Tory track-and-trace scheme

The Tories' 'track and trace' scheme fails on all counts

Care home workers suffer PPE shortage and job loss fears

My neighbour contacted me the other night. She is a care worker at a home for the elderly. She had seen the Socialist Party posters on my fence

Black and Asian Covid-19 deaths: an indictment of capitalist inequality

The Covid death figures broken down by ethnicity caused widespread shock and anger

Covid crisis boosts union membership but TUC leaders want to cosy up to the bosses!

The TUC calls for a Recovery Council

Johnson's reckless 'back to school' plans threaten everyone's safety

School workers are in the front line of the government's unsafe back-to-work strategy - but they and parents are organising a huge resistance

Confidence plummets in Tory strategy for Covid-19

Workers must build workplace and political resistance
Boris Johnson's speech on 10 May was a watershed moment in the Covid-19 crisis

Universal Basic Income: not a solution to insecurity and poverty under capitalism

None of the schemes with elements of UBI provide a decent level of income

Furlough cut-off could force millions back to unsafe workplaces

Will my boss starve me back to work this summer? It's a question that might start keeping furloughed workers up at night

Crisis in council services: Labour must fight or stand aside

A £10 billion financial black hole faces councils, according to a Labour Party report

Rich get handouts - workers get pay cuts

Make the rich pay for the Covid crisis: Some of the richest people in the country are getting huge government handouts because of coronavirus. Meanwhile, millions are poorer as a result of the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic

Transport workers and passengers mustn't pay the price

The Tories are trying to force workers back to work

Tories put profit before lives - unions must stand firm on workplace safety

Workplace safety must be under the control of the workplace unions with democratic accountability to members.

Stay alert to bosses putting profit before safety

Socialist planning is the alternative

With planning, key products like ventilators and PPE should have been easy to provide

Furlough scheme extended - workers need 100% of wages

Rishi Sunak has announced the government's plans for the furlough scheme, which will be extended until October