John McDonnell and THAT tax comment – the real story
The mainstream media – abetted as usual by a selection of the ‘usual suspects’ among right-wing Labour MPs – have attempted to make mischief and distract from the flop of […]
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WWL NHS Trust trolls workers striking to stay in the NHS
NHS staff in the north-west are striking against a decision by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust to transfer their employment out of the NHS to a new limited company […]
RCN member? Have your say on the nurses’ rip-off pay offer
If you are a nurse and a member of the RCN (Royal College of Nursing), the RCN is holding a ballot on the government’s derisory pay offer, which has been […]
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 […]
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 […]
Video: BBCQT “nurse earning £100/month LESS than 17yo apprentice son” #NHSCrisis
Last night’s BBC Question Time was filmed in Tory-heartland Hereford. Many consider the typical ‘BBCQT’ audience to be Tory councillors and angry old right-wing men and this audience was angry. But […]
Tories trying to claim rail high ground with a few rail-cards. Here’s the truth
In one of what will no doubt be a number of meaningless sops the ‘MSM’ will focus on for some positive PR, the Tories are planning to give rail-cards to […]
Cameron’s staggering hypocrisy on the living wage
In May 2010, in a public speech just 2 days before the General Election, David Cameron said the following words which are quite staggering to look at now: ‘You have […]