– K.C. Adams –  On October 6, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau tabled legislation to implement changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) with the introduction of Bill C-26, An Act to amend…Read more…

NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans What Was Said On September 14, the Opposition debate in the House of Commons took place on the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). The…Read more…

OCT 2016 Saturday 15TH posted by Morning Star in Features ROB GRIFFITHS argues that a strong Communist Party can help develop the policies and boost the extra-parliamentary struggle needed to…Read more…

Some of us Trades Unionists will be attending the first of the new national political forums in London on October 29th. The parliamentary movement led by Jeremy Corbyn has also inspired extra…Read more…

A Programme of Political Forums on the Future of Society You are warmly invited to a Political Forum in London on the Future of Society. Saturday, October 29, 2016 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, followed…Read more…

The 72-hour walkout is due to go on until Friday. The RMT said the strike was “rock solid”. Southern CEO Charles Horton has offered to meet the RMT on Wednesday for talks.   The RMT…Read more…

 School cleaners enter week six of strike over wage cuts Three women protesting over changes to pay and conditions since private company took over contract at Kinsley primary in West Yorkshire Left…Read more…

Published: October 5, 2016 11 comments By Chris Whitehouse Cllr Chris Whitehouse is Education Spokesman for the Conservative Group on the Isle of Wight Council. The Governmental push for devolution…Read more…

More than a quarter of a million pension savers are being left to “fend for themselves”, warns TUC More than a quarter of a million pension savers a year are being left to “fend for themselves” when…Read more…

Trudeau Government’s Electoral Reform Electoral Reform in the Age of the Cartel Party System The reforms to the electoral law the Trudeau government plans to put forward will not improve…Read more…

The way that politics is being conducted by those who cherish the cartel-style parties is nothing short of hooliganism. The disgrace is that it is being conducted in the name of democracy. It…Read more…

TUC letter to International Trade Secretary Liam Fox calling for him to oppose CETA The TUC has written to the Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox calling for him to oppose the…Read more…

John Metcalfe’s letter: (Chief Executive: Isle of Wight Council) Click on: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3116764/FairFundingReview-26-09-16.pdfRead more…

Zero-hours contracts have become an easy way to employ staff on the cheap, says TUC   Commenting on figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics, which show that the…Read more…

Green Party unanimously opposes Trade Union Act and calls for new rights for unions to access workplaces Greens have unanimously backed proposals to stand against the Conservatives’ Trade Union Act…Read more…

TUC Congress 2016: The Working Class Must Be at the Head of the Movement to Control the Economy and Society TUC-organised march for the alternative, March 26, 2011 The TUC Congress 2016 is taking…Read more…

TUC Motion on Human Rights No to the Fraudulent “British Bill of Rights” The fight for a modern conception of rights must be taken to its conclusion The Human Rights Act, which came into…Read more…

A Political Forum in London on the Future of Society SATURDAY, October 29th, 2016 10.00am  –   5pm Venue to be confirmed    Read more…

NHS junior doctors to stage five consecutive days of strikes in September Unprecedented walkout in England will mean full withdrawal of labour, including in emergency departments, between 8am and 5pm…Read more…