The government sold a chunk of student loans for less than 20 percent of its value to consortium Erudio Student Loans on Monday of this week.
Workers across four unions in colleges and universities are set to strike on Tuesday of next week. This is an escalation of a dispute over pay.
As the debate around Scottish independence heats up, activists are putting the case for a radical break with Tory austerity and British imperialism.
Publication of a report exposing British involvement in rendition and torture has been postponed at the last minute.
“A&Es were inundated last week with people with coughs, colds and painful throats who couldn’t get an appointment with a GP,” said Sally, a health worker in east London.
Tory minister Iain Duncan Smith wants to make it easier to slash the benefits of 550,000 seriously ill people, the Observer has claimed.
Tory Chancellor George Osborne did a U-turn on payday loans companies last Monday.
Talks between Royal Mail and the CWU union were ongoing as Socialist Worker went to press.
Thousands of workers in Crown Post Offices walked out of work yesterday, Wednesday, against office closures, job cuts and a pay freeze.
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Construction workers and supporters have protested across Britain against blacklist on a TUC backed day of action.
Annette Mackin reports that expert witnesses contradict evidence of cop who shot Mark Duggan
