[ad_1] The coming British Election is showing up two radically different angles about how democracies should work. Lee Duffield writes on the stand-off between the “reactionaries” and the “socialists”. THE FIRST BRITISH POLLS for the 2019 Election suggested we prepare for a Tory victory, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson forcing through a quick secession from…
[ad_1] The 2019 election will be the first in decades where both Labour and the Conservatives promise to turn on the public spending tap. The manifestos have yet to be released, but both have already made multibillion-pound pledges as the era of austerity comes to an end. Labour’s major spending pledges focus on the NHS,…
[ad_1] For our union, Labour's plan to renationalise Royal Mail could not be more relevant given our current dispute with the employer. Whether it be the … [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union, which represents two-thirds of Britain's 140,000 employees, is locked in a protracted dispute with the Royal Mail, … [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] 6.04pm GMT18:04 Afternoon summary Andrew Sparrow Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Johnson to TV debates on what has effectively been the first full day of campaigning since MPs agreed that there should be an election on Thursday 12 December. (See 4.06pm.) The bill approving the election is still being debated by peers, but it is…
[ad_1] A SCOTTISH Labour MP’s campaign to save high street banks and cash machines has been praised by Jeremy Corbyn on a visit to the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Ged Killen snatched the seat from the Scottish Nationalists by just 265 votes at the 2017 election. Speaking to a packed function room at the…
[ad_1] And don't even get it started on its email inbox. … from grandma mole (big trust issues with Royal Mail, even bigger ones with online banking) to clear. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] There were two important statements from the CBI on Thursday. One, as you’d expect, was a view on the new UK-EU withdrawal agreement. In short, the employer’s body welcomes anything that lessens the chances of a damaging no-deal Brexit but it warned that “big questions remain about the feasibility of negotiating a new trade…
[ad_1] The Confederation of British Industry has served Labour with a challenge to publish the full details of its nationalisation plans, in the latest twist of an increasingly bitter row. Britain’s leading business group hit back amid mounting pressure over its claim that Labour’s nationalisation plans would cost £196bn, releasing further details of how it…
[ad_1] The Confederation of British Industry is barking up the wrong tree when it howls about the “eye-watering” cost of Labour’s nationalisation plans, which it puts at almost £200bn. Of all the arguments against nationalisation – and there are many strong ones – the claimed upfront cost is the weakest. The CBI skips over the…