Glasgow janitors' dispute ends in victory
20 August 2017
Janitors in Glasgow’s primary, nursery and additional support schools have won a pay rise – and the principle of one janitor, one school.
Capitalist rail carousel continues
10 August 2017
The capitalist carousel that now typifies Britain’s railways continues as London Midland loses the franchise to operate routes across the region’s network.
Universities discriminating against British undergraduate applicants
The drive by universities for higher fees from foreign students has led to a decline in British undergraduate numbers.
Nurses: time to take charge
6 August 2017
There is certainly a nurse staff crisis in the NHS but it is not Brexit-induced – says one of the staffing agencies which are making a tidy fortune from the crisis.
IKEA to expand, make more products in Britain
5 August 2017
Swedish furniture company Ikea is to make more products in Britain and open new stores as the Swedish furniture chain prepares for Brexit.
Council rakes in millions from housing sales
4 August 2017
Kensington and Chelsea council raised £4.5 million from the sale of two council houses last year, more than the £3.5 million outlay on the controversial cladding system added to Grenfell Tower.
The land of 100,000 potholes
4 August 2017
Britain’s infrastructure is crumbling – literally. As council budgets get ever tighter, more than 100,000 potholes have been found on the country’s roads.
Whisky set to benefit from the Brexit spirit
4 August 2017
The government wants to reduce the cost of exporting whisky after Brexit, with ministers keen to open up new markets around the world for the drink.
Real earnings slump for Londoners
10 July 2017
A survey of average earnings across London’s 32 boroughs by the GMB union shows London in a very different light from the usual picture of the capital as a thriving business centre.
Gig companies go on the attack
10 July 2017
Even as the Taylor review called on Monday (10 July) for some kind of controls on casualisation, proponents of the “gig” economy are mounting further ideological challenges define what a worker is by their own criteria.
Honour and dishonour at Woolwich ferry
10 July 2017
It is honourable that a new Woolwich ferries will be named after Ben Woollacott, the 19-year-old deckhand killed in a mooring accident in 2011 – but other factors associated with the new ferry are less so.
TUC pay campaign: to be or not to be?
7 July 2017
First they will, then they won’t. TUC indecision over its “Britain needs a pay rise” campaign is fast becoming a tradition.
Defeat for government over pension scheme
7 July 2017
Government guidance issued in September 2016 to force Local Government Pension Scheme investments to meet government policies has been thrown out by the High Court.
Don't give way, make headway
History shows that when we rely slavishly on legislation our aspirations for advance have subsided, along with our organisation…
House the People
House the People
Thursday 28 September 2017 19:30
CPBML Public Meeting, Thursday 28 September, 7.30pm
Brockway Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Housing in Britain is broken. Instead of filling a need, it is an investment from which huge profits can be made by taking advantage of the acute rise in demand. Meanwhile, council housing is left to rot – with deadly consequences. Come and discuss. All welcome.
Transport Police break up goes ahead
29 June 2017
The SNP has pressed on with plans to break up British Transport Police despite widespread opposition from rail unions to police chiefs. This attempt to reinforce separatism went ahead despite union warnings that it would damage and not protect policing in Scotland.
Take responsibility against terrorism
Al Qa’ida and its offshoot Islamic State copy the worst aspects of US interventions, the murders, the torture, the rapes. There is no appeasing them.
Five foundations for independence
Britain will need strength, clarity and obduracy if it is to progress towards independence over the next two years.
Policing - The numbers game
Following the appalling Islamist terrorist attacks in London and Manchester the Mayor of London and others have pointed to cuts in police numbers.
EU claims 'superior' law
The EU is now saying: our law is superior to your law. Or more specifically, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is superior to British law.
Casualisation in further education
Some colleges are using wholly owned subsidiary companies to develop a “shadow FE sector”, employing teachers on worse terms and conditions and hiring them back into the college to teach.
Skills shortage hits safety
Government cuts in funding to Network Rail threaten to precipitate a major skills shortage in the industry as well as threatening jobs and safety.
Fire deaths were preventable
Alongside the terrorist outrages of the past two months, the horrific fire which swept through a Kensington tower block on 15 June stands apart as a wholly preventable event.
Student debt soars
Student debt is rising at a faster pace than any other form of debt, eclipsing credit card debt of £68 billion.
Dustcart strike vote in Birmingham
Birmingham’s refuse workers have voted for strike action over council plans to axe 122 jobs.
Independence requires a defence industry
Leaving the EU will also take us away from the advancing moves to form a European army – and make it all the more important that Britain maintains an independent military capability…
Lessons for Britain from the Cuban revolution
Cuba's own experience when Soviet aid was suddenly lost shows that a country that relies on its people has nothing to fear from self-reliance - and everything to gain...
Trade unions in crisis – time to change
The lowest membership since the Second World War, the lowest number of workers on strike since records began - these are the symptoms of a failure of purpose that most unions are trying their hardest to ignore...
Why it has to be one law for all
We are witnessing the growth of parallel legal systems run by religious courts…
Independence means taking control
The working class is the force that drove and achieved the referendum vote for independence. And the working class gave the government the job of leaving the EU. We must hold it to its promise…