Tories Follow

The Tories' weakness over Europe is our side's potential strength, writes Sally Campbell

The Tories’ new education white paper proposes cuts to working class access to universities. It gives business more power and will trash higher education (HE).

The battle to save libraries is hotting up.

Housing workers in the Unite union struck for 24 hours on Thursday of last week over pay. Housing campaigners also met to plan resistance to the new Housing and Planning Act. Travellers also protested against the impact of the law

David Cameron’s description of Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt”, on the sidelines of the bosses’ anti-corruption summit in London last week, was extraordinarily hypocritical.

Dave Sewell begins a series on issues raised by the European Union referendum, which will take place on Thursday 23 June

“Tories in meltdown” ran a headline in the Sunday Times newspaper last week. The story said, “As party unity crumbles, Boris Johnson may be back to seize Cameron’s job”.

Schools in England could be hit by strikes in July if teachers vote for action over the education white paper. The NUT union was set to begin a strike ballot next Monday.

While many an MP likes an expense to claim, it seems a few are less keen on declaring them.

The 5 May elections underline the need for a stronger anti-austerity challenge to the Tories. We don’t need Labour to move to the “middle ground” as the party’s right-wing claims, 

Junior doctors are set to meet for the British Medical Association’s (BMA) junior doctors’ conference in London this Saturday.

The Tories are desperately trying to get their Housing and Planning Bill passed before Friday of this week, when the parliamentary session ends. The bill will make thousands of people homeless.