Our pamphlet analysing the causes of the cost of living crisis in Britain and putting forward a programme of action to defend living standards and make the capitalists pay.

By Jeremy Dewar “A new deal for working people, a new social settlement for the UK” A LONDON TUC rally for the 18 June national demonstration heard speakers from a variety of disputes and strikes. Rail workers, teachers and lecturers, caterers and cleaners, civil servants were all represented. The eve-of-rally meeting, held at Congress House […]

By R. Banks IN A desperate effort to distract the public’s attention from the ongoing Partygate scandal, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a package of measures to help those ‘hit hard’ by the cost of living crisis, partially funded by a windfall tax on energy profits. While scandal was the impetus for the announcement, desperate […]

By a PCS member WITHOUT WARNING, let alone consultation, Boris Johnson has announced over 90,000 job cuts in the civil service. To add insult to injury he did so through the pages of the virulently anti-worker Daily Mail, while suggesting the resultant savings would be used to cut taxes, benefiting the rich most. One in […]

By R Banks IN THE closing days of its 2021–22 session, parliament passed all the Tories’ key pieces of legislation unamended. No sooner had the royal assent been given to these anti-working class Acts than yet more were proposed in the Queen’s Speech, in which the government set out its legislative agenda for the coming […]

By Millie Collins IN THE same week it was revealed that Tory MPs and No. 10 staff were partying until 4:30am and verbally abusing cleaners and security guards, an unnamed Tory MP was arrested in connection to allegations of rape, indecent and sexual assault, abuse of a position of trust and misconduct in public office […]

Sinn Fein victory runs into Unionist veto

The Energy Security Strategy has been met with widespread criticism.

In the first week of May, 85 years ago, the tragic end to the Spanish revolution played out on the streets of Barcelona.

Editorial May 2022, No. 393

It will be up to the rank and file to lead the resistance.

A disgusting, racist plan.

The chancellor’s response to the cost of living crisis has been lackluster to say the least.

The British media have hailed the scale of sanctions being imposed upon Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

The United States works on the principle that what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is a matter for negotiation.

Despite the many inadequacies of the UK government’s scheme, its effects in terms of the relatively large number of refugees already allowed in under it cannot be denied.

Labour’s NEC has voted to proscribe three leftwing organisations.

The Spring Statement signalled the return of austerity and the steepest slide in living standards since records began in the 1950s.

We face the worst cost of living crisis in living memory.

Putin has resorted to a war of attrition against civilians.

P&O Ferries have brutally sacked 800 workers without notice and replaced them with scab crews on less than the minimum wage.

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has won a court case in defence of his plans to bring the city’s buses back into public control

Coventry’s refuse drivers have voted 94% in favour of continuing their strike as Coventry Labour councillors are suspended from Unite.

We need working class self-organisation to stop police harassment in schools and on the streets

The Tories are desperate to put a positive spin on the teaching of the British Empire

Revolutionary strategy in the epoch of imperialist war

The reputation of the Metropolitan Police is in tatters - again.

Football has a well documented history of both sexual and physical violence.

Workers face the biggest cost of living squeeze for a generation

The PCSC Bill must be defeated.