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Dave Sewell looks at the Tory government’s plan to privatise Royal Mail and explains why it is a money-making gimmick that offers no benefits

The postal service will be ruined if the sale goes ahead. We’ll see the end of universal service. Prices will go up, but it’s also the quality of service.

TNT is trialling a delivery service in west London. It delivers twice a week instead of once a day. 

health

People aged 18-24 are now more likely to be unemployed than they were before the recession, according to analysis by the TUC. 

Overstretched nurses running out of beds and ambulance crews who can’t get patients into A&E. That’s the reality of the health service today. But, writes Annette Mackin, things are about to get a whole lot worse

Senior Tories are lashing out at each other after they got a drubbing in this month’s local elections.

After the rise of Ukip and the government’s continuing war on the poor, Alex Callinicos looks at how the left should organise in response

Tenants across Britain are straining under the weight of the Tories’ bedroom tax. 

People who fall into rent arrears thanks to the Tories’ bedroom tax and benefit cap could face eviction. 

The local elections in England and Wales last week will have given confidence to racists across Britain.

The Tories lost 335 councillors in last Thursday's local elections. It was a dismal showing.