Medical schools saw an astonishing 21 per cent surge in applications to train to be a doctor for entry in 2021. But most applicants will be turned away – while Britain continues to import doctors trained abroad.
A new concept is emerged: technology sovereignty. It recognises that IT infrastructure lies at the heart of a modern society, and it is vital to a country like Britain.
15 August 2021
Britain’s largest computer chip maker is being swallowed up by a Chinese-controlled corporation. Newport Wafer Fab has accepted a bid from Nexperia, based in the Netherlands but owned by Wingtech Technology of China.
Protests in Cuba in the middle of July were hijacked by the CIA, promising money and political leadership to desperate people, online Zoom meeting held by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign heard.
Regulators around the world are looking closely at a massive bid by US company Nvidia for one of the world’s leading chip designers – the British company ARM Holdings.
31 July 2021
An announcement that BTEC qualifications are effectively to be scrapped in 2023 has met with widespread condemnation across the further education and university sectors.
30 July 2021
More than 600 steel-making jobs at Sheffield Forgemasters have been secured following the decision to nationalise the company.
The government’s attitude to supporting public transport in the capital doesn’t just spell trouble for Londoners. Workers across Britain should heed this warning and unite in opposition against the threat to TfL…
27 July 2021
On 26 July, the US government declared the end of combat operations in Iraq. This is most welcome, although long overdue. Almost 20 years overdue, in fact.
22 July 2021
Two years after the event, it has taken a court order to reveal that NHS trust lost over £360,000 through the cancellation of a music festival. It’s a symptom of much that is wrong within the NHS
5 July 2021
On 1 July Slovenia took over the rotating presidency of the European Council – and promptly ignited a furious row with the Commission how countries like Slovenia are treated.
5 July 2021
Cuba has begun shipping its Abdala vaccine against Covid-19 to Venezuela, despite long-standing economic and financial blockades of the two countries by the USA.
2 July 2021
Nissan has confirmed plans to build a “gigafactory” to make batteries for electric cars as well as a new electric car as part of a £1 billion expansion of its Sunderland factory.
The Sewell report has not gone down well with those committed to the politics of “identity” and division on the basis of skin colour. Above all, it’s optimistic – and with good reason…
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us – if we needed to be taught – that there is such a thing as society. And that there is such a thing as collective responsibility for the health of the country…
Almost unbelievably, most children’s homes in Britain are run by private equity companies…
During the Covid-19 pandemic young people have been hit particularly hard. Now the prospects for all workers, but for young workers in particular, are going from bad to worse…
As communists, we are for the development of all fields based on human skill and ingenuity. That’s why we chose the theme of science and technology for May Day – because it goes to the heart of the idea of progress…
Freeports are a reality. Most workers have never heard of them, but they soon will – and workers’ organisation within them will really matter…
Obesity in Britain is increasing, especially in children. This is a relatively recent development, but the trend is clear and persistent…
Happy that Joe Biden is US president? Just remember, he was Obama’s vice-president for the full eight years. And look what happened then…
The end of the Second World War could have ushered in a progressive foreign policy for Britain. Labour ensured that it didn’t…
British farmers are concerned at the implications of a trade deal “in principle” with Australia agreed on 15 June and being rushed through by the government.
Unable to exert authority through its control of purse strings and keeping everyone else in the dark, the EU is taking legal action against its own member states.
The shocking events at Batley Grammar School in March this year should alert us to the constant need to defend the principle that we are a secular society.
Further strikes have been taking place in the long-running dispute between ticket examiners and conductors in Scotland and their employer, Abellio Scotrail.
The Road Haulage Association has reported that there are currently 70,000 vacancies for HGV drivers, a shortage of “catastrophic proportions”. There’s a simple remedy…
On Saturday 5 June trade unions and local communities came together in a rally in George Square in central Glasgowin a united display of anger at Glasgow City Council – and its “arms-length” cultural body Glasgow Life.
11 June 2021
Charges of £8 a day for drivers of highly polluting vehicles in Birmingham's Ultra Low Emission Zone are to be enforced from Monday 14 June. The zone includes some of Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods.
28 May 2021
The report into events at Batley Grammar School in March has lifted supensions on the teachers involved. But it does not deal with the threat to free speech and educations posed by the fundamentalist demonstrations.
