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Britain is the most watched country in the Western world. A 2006 study by the Surveillance Studies Network said that there were around 4.2 million CCTV cameras in the country – roughly one for every 14 people.

Socialist Worker has consistently argued that the best way forward for socialists lies in organising outside the Labour Party.

It’s hard to grasp the awesome scale of the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. It is definitely the US’s biggest ever environmental disaster – and by some estimates may be the worst in world history.

The Tories’ plans for a mass expansion of "academy" schools would mean the end of the state education system as we know it.

People who claim benefits face a vicious attack. The Tories want to move them on to ever-cheaper allowances, "job creation schemes" and into low paid work.

Peter Harwood – the chief conciliator at the dispute conciliation service Acas – has announced plans to prevent strike action during the Olympics.

The ballot in the election for Unison general secretary closes on Friday 11 June.

Hundreds of drivers from the East London Bus Group (ELBG) met last week and agreed to support their Unite union’s call for a strike ballot if pay cuts are tabled.

The result of the ballot of RMT union members at the Tube Lines company on the London Underground was due as Socialist Worker went to press.

The Wales TUC conference agreed a robust response to the economic crisis and public sector cuts last week.

The atmosphere at the conference of the rail workers’ TSSA conference last week was very good. Delegates regularly overturned the executive.

The 1,600 members of the Unite, Unison, Bectu and GMB trade unions working for Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) struck successfully for the third time last weekend.