Economic disaster for the Tories as growth less than 1/30th of predicted
Op.Ed. The Tories are in disarray – in spite of the best efforts of the Labour right and the mainstream media to help them – over their scandalous behaviour toward […]
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Under-25s to save £1,000 a year as Labour promises free bus travel
Labour is announcing a new policy to fund free bus travel for those under the age of twenty-five across the country. The next Labour government will provide funds for free travel […]
Tories put out dishonest video re #NHSpayscam. Someone fixed it for them
The Tories are insulting our vital NHS staff with a ‘pay rise’ that will actually result in a real-terms pay cut for many, as the 6.5% ‘rise’ over three years offered […]
Video: just what was going on with May during Hammond’s #SpringStatement?
Philip Hammond’s attempt during his Spring Statement today to be – in his own words – ‘Tigger-ish’ has met with widespread derision as a feeble attempt to bluff his way […]
Review: “Rise: How Jeremy Corbyn Inspired the Young to Create a New Socialism”
Last year, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party shook the foundations of UK Establishment and remade the landscape of our politics in a ‘Corbyn surge’ that was characterised more than […]
Video: Corbyn cheered by business bosses for response to Mail’s lame spy question
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was invited last month to speak to global business leaders in a demonstration of Labour’s economic and fiscal credibility that made a mockery of the attempts […]
Breaking: rough sleeping rises by 169%
In another stark symptom of the bleakness for many of life under Tory government, the latest statistics for homelessness reveal that rough sleeping has risen by 169% since the Tories took […]
7 years of loss confirmed: real wages LOWER than before 2010 election
This morning, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released its “Analysis of real earnings: January 2018”. Those statistics showed that our earnings in real terms – levels adjusted for inflation […]
Ways Forward 6 Conference: Co-operative Solidarity – 16 Feb
We’ve been asked to let readers know about an event coming up soon at Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JQ. On Friday 16 February from 9.45am – 4.30pm, […]
Tory govt lauded #Carillion deal as ‘key’ in ‘economic plan’
As the news continues to be dominated by the collapse of giant construction and outsourcing firm Carillion, more and more politicians and others are pointing out the serious flaws in […]