30 September 2020
Local railway campaigners in Bristol have been celebrating a quarter-century of struggle with an innovative socially distanced event culminating at Severn Beach.
23 September 2020
Manufacturing companies have slashed investment in the past three months, according to a new survey.
18 September 2020
Campaigners in Bristol are on the march calling for cheaper ticket prices, better services – and public control of local transport.
18 September 2020
The manufactured outrage over the government’s Internal Market Bill cannot hide the fact that at stake is not the rule of law itself but whether EU law should override British independence.
17 September 2020
EU and NATO governments have dramatically escalated the ongoing hysteria against Russia, beginning with a propaganda offensive launched against its closest ally, Belarus, in early August.
11 September 2020
As well as preparing for winter and a second wave of Covid-19, the NHS must look at how it has dealt with other conditions and plans for the future.
9 September 2020
There has been a strong reaction to universities union UCU’s tweet of a non-peer-reviewed paper saying that without strong controls, students' return to campuses would cause at least 50,000 deaths.
9 September 2020
The building of HS2 is finally moving from preparatory work to full-scale construction works, bringing around 22,000 skilled jobs along with over 2,000 high-quality apprenticeships.
28 August 2020
Seafarers’ union RMT has written to shipping minister Kelly Tolhurst demanding action over the lack of jobs for British ratings on ACS container ships.
What kind of system turns its back on the young? Only one where the short term reigns...
Widespread job losses are inflicting great damage, especially given the high levels of personal debt in the country. But what kinds of new jobs must be created?
The ability of a nation to support itself in the long term depends on renewing and rebuilding skills. That means providing proper apprenticeships to every young person suited for one – not the current mess…
The dominance of finance capital has dragged Britain deep into debt, even before Covid-19. Rebuilding the economy after the ravages of the pandemic will require a completely different approach…
“Working from home” has long been an option in many jobs. Now millions of workers have found they have to. For some the dream has turned out to be a nightmare…
How can an island with an ideal climate for growing food be so dependent on imports on the one hand, and have so many millions of its people living in food poverty on the other?
Dogged by EU rules on state support, bedevilled by government indifference over decades, Britain’s energy policy needs a radical overhaul…
Experiences during the Covid pandemic plus new technologies could help rebuild the clothing industry…
British rule in Jamaica lasted over 300 years – and revolts against its brutal plantation system helped bring an end to slavery across the Empire…
Summer has seen the predicted surge in people trafficking across the Channel
The Trump Organization treats Turnberry golfing hotel on the Ayrshire coast like a flagship resort.
The final lump of coal was extracted from one of England’s last remaining coal mines on Monday 17 August.
Britain has become embroiled in a legal row over a new interconnector bringing electricity from France through the Channel tunnel.
Fashion retailer Boohoo is to set up what it claims will be a “model factory” in Leicester
Rebuilding industry has to be the focus of rebuilding Britain after the pandemic, argues John Mills in two new pamphlets…
15 August 2020
The case for opening schools to all children in September is compelling. We know how the benefits for children of attending school vastly outweigh any risks.
9 August 2020
Britain is refusing to give way to an EU instruction that it must reverse a government decision to enforce stricter regulations on the importing of some plants and the banning of others.
7 August 2020
Volunteers have installed 50 pots of flowers down the middle of Clevedon Pier, ensuring one-way movement for visitors.
7 August 2020
Last week devolution in South Yorkshire became law, and attempts to devolve spending plans for the nation’s capital to the mayor are now being mooted.
10 July 2020
The government's reponse to the coronavirus economic crisis lacks vision. It's up to the working class to provide it.
