[ad_1] Britain’s Labour government is finalising massive public spending cuts to pay for an increase in military spending. On Monday Bloomberg reported, “Some UK government departments are bracing for budget cuts of as much as 11% as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer comes under mounting pressure to plow more money into defense.” UK Prime Minister…
[ad_1] UK Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting took to the pages of the right-wing Sun newspaper to make his latest attack on National Health Service (NHS) workers and double down on his demands for privatisation. The Sun headlined with, “NHS NEEDS REFORM: Wes Streeting warns NHS that there’ll be no additional funding without ‘major surgery’…
[ad_1] Labour Party-run Birmingham City Council’s effective declaration of bankruptcy last week marks a dramatic escalation in the social crisis confronting millions. According to reports, “at least 26” more councils could be in the same position, some “within months.” Bradford, Devon, Guildford, Hastings, Kent and Southampton, with millions of people in these areas, have been…
[ad_1] Several reports published in Britain over the last few years attest to the fact that staggering levels of social inequality, fuelled by austerity policies, have claimed the lives of around a million people. Earlier this month a paper led by the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH), found as…
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and even journalists at the…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1060/29713 From The Socialist newspaper, 16 October 2019 Review of David Cameron’s book ‘For the Record’ David Cameron, photo Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons) (Click to enlarge) Lawrence Davies, West London Socialist Party In the establishment’s eyes David Cameron’s claim to fame will be the EU referendum, triggering the current political…
[ad_1] Link to this page: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29604 Home | The Socialist 25 September 2019 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Socialist Party members protesting outside parliament against Boris Johnson, photo S. Stanicic (Click to enlarge) Six defeats in parliament in six weeks. A ‘majority’ of minus 44. And…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29605 From The Socialist newspaper, 25 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist issue 1057 photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) The Supreme Court ruling that Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful has, for now, knocked the dramatic events preceding it at Labour Party conference off the top news spot. This…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1056/29574 From The Socialist newspaper, 18 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist, issue 1056 Trade unions shook the government during the N30 mass public sector strike in 2011, photo Senan (Click to enlarge) The routine is pretty well routine now. At Trade Union Congress, Jeremy Corbyn attempts to break through…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1055/29544 From The Socialist newspaper, 11 September 2019 Tories out!, photo Mary Finch (Click to enlarge) Tory MPs are dropping like flies. Johnson has lost control of his party, parliament, and the plot. A few crumbs thrown at public services isn’t going to make up for ten years of savage…