Ken Livingstone 17 August at 17:28 · Britain’s economy needs a radical transformation – Jeremy Corbyn is the man to deliver this writes Ken Livingstone It is my strong and long-held belief…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn Rally: Newham Tuesday 23 August 7.30pm
On Tuesday evening Labour Leadership candidate, Jeremy Corbyn MP, will be at a rally in Manor Park. Other local and national speakers will also be present. I understand that it is open to everyone and is not ticketed.
The Royal Regency is a …Read more…
Post Office faces Strikes:
Post Office faces possible strikes after CWU ballot on industrial action Communication Workers Union opposes privatisation and cuts to jobs and pensions, and says service is on ‘path to extinction’…Read more…
Food safety needs a credible inspection regime
Food safety matters. We need to cut through the jargon in corporate strategies and stand up for properly resourced and independent inspection of the food we eat.
Food Standards Scotland…Read more…
Taking housing fight to south east
Although the housing crisis has hit the entire UK to varying degrees, it has become an entrenched and alarming problem in the South East – earlier this year it was revealed that there is not one…Read more…
How Wight Are We?
How beauteous is this diamond isle of ours? Stolid soil of healthy integrity. Natural garden island paradise, Yet fashioned by human dexterity. What happiness in you the populace that so do dwell…Read more…
Sexual harassment: Not banter, not funny
Nearly two in three young women, and predominantly those in zero hours’ contracts or agency work, are sexually harassed at work, a TUC survey has revealed. The TUC’s research, in partnership…Read more…
MPs to discuss workers’ rights post-Brexit
UNISON backs private members’ bill and launches its new network for EU members
The article MPs to discuss workers’ rights post-Brexit first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Brixton I miss you
Whilst I am on leave, I can still see what is happening a stone’s throw from my office. Therefore please forgive a somewhat parochial blog post;
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/08/the-heart-of-brixton-ripped-out-as-traders-are-evicted-from-the-brixton-…Read more…
What is the issue about Control?
Control Over Our Lives and Work Is a Major Issue Events in the twenty-first century point to a dominant issue: the British working class does not have control over the issues that affect the lives of…Read more…
UNISON leads campaign to save Bolton children’s centres
Union launch protest after council announces merger plan that will see two thirds of centres closed
The article UNISON leads campaign to save Bolton children’s centres first appeared on the…Read more…
Altruism, reciprocity, fairness and the Left
One of the things that troubles me about Labour at the moment is the apparent retreat into “worthy” politics. It’s typified a bit by that slogan “Standing Up, Not Standing By” and most of all by that godawful meme where Jeremy Corbyn says that socialis…Read more…
Self-employment at all-time high, but earnings down 25% on pre-crisis peak
Yesterday’s labour market figures showed another rise in self-employment, of 94,000 on the quarter, with employee jobs up 73,000. As a share of total employment, self-employment is now at an all-time high – at 15.1% in 2016Q2, above the previous peak of 15.0% in 2014Q2. Though really a steadily…Read more…
An angelic sniper brings war home to us. – Edinburgh Festivals 1
Angel, by Henry Naylor, Gilded Balloon Teviot – until 29 August (*****)
Filipa Bragança is the AngelOf all the definitions of ‘angel’, the least common would be ‘sniper’ – but that’s just what…Read more…
Record employment and profits bode well for minimum wage increase
Some employers have been lobbying the government to slow down or stall its minimum wage target for those aged 24 and above. The argument made is that post-referendum economic uncertainty will make the target impossible to meet. This is palpable nonsense. First, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) is…Read more…
Fidel is Fidel: Fidel Castro is 90
Timetable now call
The government’s continued incompetence in devising a long-term defence strategy has been again exposed after last month the ministry of defence (MoD) refused to set out a timetable for building its…Read more…
Unite: May ‘must re-double efforts’
If you happen to be a black or Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) person in the UK today, you’ll inhabit a vastly different world than the rest of the population – you’re much more likely to be jobless, to…Read more…
Joining the campaign for better conditions at Sports Direct
Sports Direct are the face of bad work conditions at present. If they want that to change, they need to be proactive. Allowing a full, independent investigation of what it’s like to work there is a…Read more…
Profession under pressure
Overwhelming evidence proves that a child’s life chances are largely determined by what they experience between the ages of 0 and 5. If you’re a healthy, supported young child, you’ll be a healthy,…Read more…