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Several reports published in Britain over the last few years attest to the fact that staggering levels of social inequality, fuelled by austerity policies, have claimed the lives of around a million people. Earlier this month a paper led by the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow Centre for Population …

Saturday’s day of action, billed by unions as a “megastrike”, brought the UK’s rail, postal system and much of the nation’s container traffic to a halt. Train drivers picket line at London’s Euston station, October 1, 2022 [Photo: WSWS] The strikes were held alongside demonstrations organised by Enough is Enough …

40,000 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members across BT and its subsidiary Openreach held a second day of strike action Monday, following a 24-hour strike last Friday—the first national strike at the company in 35 years. Workers are demanding a substantial pay increase after BT imposed a pay award rise of …

LABOUR was accused of funnelling public profit to shareholders today after it said that the party would not bring energy, rail and water into public ownership if they won the next election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today that the party had ditched its earlier manifesto ideals …

B usinesses can now provide skilled agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strike action under changes to the law coming into force on Thursday, the Government has announced. Ministers said they have worked at speed to repeal trade union laws that restrict employment businesses from providing temporary agency …

R oyal Mail delivery offices across the country are deciding each day which streets do not receive letters after a “failure” in restructuring, MPs have heard. Concerns highlighted by Labour MP Barry Gardiner (Brent North) are to be raised with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. Mr Gardiner told the Commons: “Royal …

Rail workers in the UK will walk out again Thursday for the second of three days of national strike action. This is no ordinary industrial dispute. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government of political gangsters want to emulate Margaret Thatcher’s targeting of the miners in 1984-85, which ended in …

Pressure is growing on the Government to expel the Russian ambassador, as protests continued today in Dublin against the invasion of Ukraine. On Saturday afternoon, dozens of protesters once again gathered outside the Russian Embassy on Orwell Road in Rathmines to call on Russia to end the attacks on Ukraine. …

TRADE union leaders in Scotland and socialist MSPs called on Labour today to be bolder in its opposition to neoliberal efforts from both the Scottish and UK governments as Britain looks to recover from the coronavirus crisis.  Speaking at the Morning Star Scotland conference, leading left-wing voices from across Britain came …

ONE year since a devastating leaked report exposed sabotage of Labour’s 2017 election campaign, the party is pulling out all the stops to hold Hartlepool. MPs who spent five years sniping at Jeremy Corbyn rounded furiously on the CWU union last week simply for commissioning a poll indicating Labour is …