Tories
PFI firms in the NHS set for £190 million windfall due to Tory corporation tax cuts
28 December 2017Corporations profiting from Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes have creamed millions from the NHS and Tory tax cuts are handing them even more.
Anger after Tories fail to appoint chair for contaminated blood inquiry
23 December 2017The Tories have failed to appoint a chair for an upcoming inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal – again.
Damian Green becomes third Tory minister to resign—fight to get rid of the rest
20 December 2017Deputy prime minister Damian Green's resignation shatters the claim that Theresa May’s government had regained the initiative.
Unions must resist Tory plan for longer working hours
17 December 2017The Tories are planning to use Brexit as an excuse to push through attacks on workers’ rights.
Build resistance now to vicious Tory offensive
12 December 2017The year ends in avoidable cold and misery for the victims of Tory Britain.
Fight to bring an end to the Universal Credit nightmare
12 December 2017Tory benefit reforms mean thousands of people face a Christmas of uncertainty and the threat of eviction. Mary, a young lone parent in London, is one of them.
This ‘Brexit triumph’ could be short-lived
12 December 2017Two senior members of Theresa May’s cabinet brawled in the House of Commons last week as MPs voted on Brexit legislation.
As Boris Johnson calls for more Middle East intervention - get the Tories out
07 December 2017Not wishing to be outdone by Donald Trump, foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said that Britain should return to the Middle East.
It will take action to win on pay
05 December 2017Local government employers have offered a million council workers in England and Wales a 2 percent “rise” for each of the next two years
Poverty report finds millions suffer hardship
05 December 2017Tory rule has increased the number of children, pensioners and workers who live in poverty—reversing a long-term decline.
Theresa May is in a bind over Brexit—struggle could bring her government down
04 December 2017Theresa May is being further squeezed by incompatible pressures over Brexit
Let Calais migrants into Britain, say anti-racists
28 November 2017Campaigners taking aid to refugees say the only solution is to open the border, reports Dave Sewell
Fracking boss calls on Tories to overrule local council
27 November 2017Gas giant Ineos—owned by energy baron Jim Ratcliffe—called on the government to override Derbyshire County Council’s planning processes so it can start fracking.
Hammond’s budget—money for the bosses, more misery for the rest of us
22 November 2017Philip Hammond’s budget speech did even less than some expected to address the epidemic of poverty and low pay in Tory Britain
Misery in Tory Britain as Universal Credit lands domestic violence survivor with eviction threat
21 November 2017Tory chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget will do nothing to end the regime of cuts, poverty and racism.
Anger as jobcentre bosses hold sick Universal Credit ‘rollout parties’
21 November 2017As jobcentres switch to Universal Credit (UC), sick bosses are holding “rollout parties” to celebrate.
A crisis of politics hounds the European ruling class
21 November 2017Until this week the Tories looked like the weakest government in the European Union. (EU). That’s impressive given the competition.
Tory cuts meant the ‘economic murder’ of 120,000 people
21 November 2017Tory NHS and social care cuts are “economic murder” and could cause 100 unnecessary deaths a day without emergency funds, a report has warned.
Fiddling the figures can’t end Tory crisis
20 November 2017Philip Hammond, the Tory chancellor, likes to present himself as a safe pair of hands. He’s nicknamed “spreadsheet Phil”. Boring maybe, but reliable. But he’s been responsible for two of the biggest media pratfalls of the present government, which is saying something.
Workers need a pay rise the budget won’t deliver
19 November 2017Chancellor Philip Hammond will likely claim that he’s scrapped the 1 percent public sector pay cap when he delivers his budget this week.
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