Scotland: workers’ resistance a priority
Devolution does not help British workers. The answer is to wrest power for the working class, and not give it away to posturing politicians…
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Social care is a class question
Governments are obsessed with the affordability of adult social care. But they never confront the matter so intimately linked with older people’s physical and mental decline – the decline of Britain…
Inflation: war on workers
War means that prices, and taxes, go up. It is both a cause of inflation and an excuse for government and employers to pass off a systemic element of capitalism as nothing to do with them…
North Sea energy for Britain!
Britain relies on oil and gas for around three-quarters of its energy – a level that has hardly changed in decades. We will be relying on oil and gas for the foreseeable future, as the Climate Change Committee says…
The fight for the Arctic: preparing for war
In the first of a two-part feature Workers looks at what’s going on in the Arctic, and the looming war over its natural resources…
The steel industry needs energy to survive
On 19 March the government announced its steel strategy, including import tariffs. But there are wider challenges to face to secure the vital industry, particularly the cost of energy…
Small step for steel industry not enough
27 March 2026
On 19 March the government announced its steel strategy, including import tariffs. But there are wider challenges to face to secure the vital industry, particularly the cost of energy.
No to NATO and US warmaking!
Britain needs to be out of NATO and out of the grip of US foreign policy. The alternative is to be dragged into wars of America’s – and the EU’s – making…
Education: funding crisis hits special needs
The government says it is going to completely reform the special educational needs and disabilities system. Professionals and parents are looking on with scepticism…
Drowning in debt
Debt hangs over British workers, and it’s growing – forcing millions of workers to depend for their existence on finance capitalism…
Britain’s economy: we need a new direction!
It is evident to all workers, and many capitalists, that Britain is experiencing a worsening decline in the economy, unable to provide the jobs, goods and services people need. But that observation on its own will not lead to change…
Data centres: taking power from the people
Britain is being covered with vast data centres. Workers are going to face even bigger utility bills as a result. And a great deal of the power they consume is used keeping track of the population…
Just stop net zero!
Polling shows overwhelming support in Scotland for developing our own oil and gas resources. Politicians in Holyrood and Westminster from a wide range of parties think they know better…
Images of independence
Ten years after the announcement of a referendum on EU membership, Workers looks back at the struggle…which is not over.
What does it mean to be British?
In a world where rival imperialisms and globalist corporations seek to cement their power, a strong nation state is a precondition of independence. Yet some seem confused about what being British entails…
Euro creep: what the government can’t admit
Top of the government’s excuses for the dire state of the economy is, predictably, Brexit. But as Starmer’s creeping up to the EU continues, Brexit is being slowly stolen.
Rail – partial nationalisation is not enough
Britain’s railways are currently being re-nationalised. At least that’s what the government would have us believe. But it’s not really true…
Stop the scrapping of jury trials! Speak out!
The prospect of the end of jury trials for thousands of accused people is a frightening one. The British people need to judge this important issue – sitting as a jury over the politicians…
Critical minerals – a small step forwards
The government has come up with a new strategy for critical minerals, abandoning the previous one. But it will take action to make the strategy a reality…
Learning from experience? Are we?
Are we learning anything new from the UK Covid Inquiry? The answer really matters, given the inquiry is costing the country a lot of money…
No to NATO/EU war!
Can we be sure any longer the Ukraine war will stay in Ukraine? That’s the question warmongers – civilian and military – want us to fret about, talking about preparation for escalation…
The real reason for the energy price hikes
The government persists in pursuit of arbitrary net zero goals, raising the price of energy and risking shortages. We are all suffering the consequence…
Energy abundance – a radical rethink
A Workers reader writes about a thorough challenge to net zero orthodoxy – from a surprising source…
The British working class and its trade unions
For better or worse, there's nothing like British trade unions, set up by workers, not by employer, government or church. The working class created them to survive. But defence is not enough...
Food standards: don’t leave it up to Westminster
We all have to eat, every day. And the safety of what we put in our mouths is exceptionally important. So what – particularly after Brexit – is the government doing outsourcing standard-setting to Brussels?
The real university challenge: debt
Many of Britain’s universities are sliding deeper and deeper into debt. Yet, instead of looking for solid foundations, they are calling for yet more dependence on the volatile global market for international students…
The future for water: as clear as muck
A new government-commissioned report into the water industry is good (in parts) at identifying glaring problems. But its proposals go nowhere near what is needed, and risk fragmenting the industry even further…
Is the tide turning on net zero?
After years of bluster and unrealistic charges, not to speak of soaring energy costs for consumers, influential voices are questioning the logic of the reckless obsession with the net zero dogma…
Welfare and work
Capitalists have never wanted to pay workers who through illness – or because there is no work for them – are unable to work. The priority, though, is not better benefits. It is work for all who can…