Boris Johnson was forced on Monday evening to announce a new lockdown across England. It followed Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement of a lockdown in Scotland earlier in the day.
Health secretary Matt Hancock has outrageously announced that the promised pay rise for health workers has been “unfortunately delayed”.
Postal workers in Royal Mail have been presented with a deal to end a long running dispute.
More than 5,000 people tuned into a parent meeting about school safety on Monday evening. And 600 people joined the Zoom event, called by Parents For a Safe Return.
Union activists fought to resist the unsafe reopening of universities and colleges this week.
Health workers say the NHS is “on the cusp of being overwhelmed” as hospitals struggle to cope with the surge in coronavirus cases.
Large numbers of primary schools across England were closed to most children on Monday as workers refused to return on safety grounds.
Almost 30,000 restaurant workers lost their jobs last year, while the richest 1 percent of households have stashed away almost £800 billion in hidden wealth
Workers are demanding that all schools should move to online learning for at least two weeks because it is not safe for them to fully reopen
The Tories are ensuring thousands more deaths by failing to roll out coronavirus vaccination effectively
Corporate giants and firms owned by billionaires have been exposed as not even paying their workers the minimum wage.
The NHS stands on the brink of a catastrophic breakdown.
