An attempt by rail company Thameslink to defuse the anger of its passengers over poor service has backfired spectacularly and its shorthand earned it a free ‘pounding’ on social media […]
Sakina Sheikh is one of four candidates shortlisted by Labour’s National Executive Committee for the Lewisham East by-election triggered by Heidi Alexander’s departure to the London mayor’s office. She is […]
The renationalisation of rail franchises has been and remains a flagship Labour policy under Jeremy Corbyn – and a popular one, with over three quarters of voters saying last autumn […]
The RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) is widely recognised as one of the more radical – and rapidly growing – unions in the UK. In 2004, […]
This interview was first published during the election of three new, additional members of the NEC, in which comedian Eddie Izzard was standing as an independent candidate, though backed by […]
Voting in the Labour-affiliated Socialist Health Association (SHA) national elections opened this week. Red Labour has backed a list of candidates that it considers to be genuine socialist health activists […]
Local newspaper the Bristol Post has alleged that VirginCare in the region asked staff not to report their safety concerns to health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (the CQC): According […]
As the SKWAWKBOX covered on Monday, Cabinet Minister David Lidington attempted to deflect blame for the government’s continued award of huge projects to collapsed construction and outsourcing giant Carillion onto […]
As the SKWAWKBOX covered earlier, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald has responded to the announcement of the biggest hike in rail fares in five years with video and personal […]
When it’s recently been announced that your rail franchise is going to be terminated three years early in a bailout costing taxpayers up to £2bn and your whole industry is […]