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  • 14 Sep 2011
    Trade unions to build alliances ahead of day of action

    Public sector unions planing a day of action over government cuts are aiming to build alliances with private sector workers and the wider anti-cuts movement.

  • 13 Sep 2011
    Why housing benefit cuts will cause huge damage

    Especially in areas where affordable housing is scarce, many of us – even if not about to be displaced ourselves – have friends or relatives who are about to lose their homes, with all that this involves, says Savi Hensman, explaining why the government’s programme of draconian cuts to housing benefit are so harmful.

  • 12 Sep 2011
    Direct action delays warships on way to London arms fair

    Warships arriving at the London arms fair have been delayed after their route was disrupted by critics of the arms trade taking nonviolent direct action.

  • 5 Sep 2011
    Transforming England’s healthcare system

    Even if the government is able to push its Health Bill through Parliament in its present form, there may be a heavy political price to pay later, says Savi Hensman. A different way forward is needed for the NHS.

  • 20 Aug 2011
    A mansion tax and the realities of class

    Britain may be broke, but the government's desperation to cut the deficit seems to have its limits. This morning, Eric Pickles has ruled out an increase in council tax for houses valued at more than £1million. He is portraying measures that would affect only the richest as an attack on the "middle class". In reality, the government is consistent in pursuing the interests of the very wealthy at the expense of the rest of us.

  • 10 Aug 2011
    Riots, looting and the hypocrisy of Boris Johnson

    The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, appeared on Radio 4 this morning (10 August) and was asked about the underlying causes of the recent riots. He attributed them to a “sense of entitlement” among young people who were showing the effects of a lack of discipline in school.

  • 30 Jun 2011
    Greens say fair pensions are worth struggling for

    The leader of the Green Party in England and Wales is among those backing the huge wave of public sector strikes across the country today.

  • 29 Jun 2011
    Huge wave of strikes and anti-cuts protests planned for 30 June

    Anti-cuts activists will join public sector strikes on 30 June, as part of the largest day of action against the government’s cuts so far.

  • 20 Jun 2011
    'Big Society' Bill: Freedom... or rationing?

    Newspapers have reported that the UK government is to publish a ‘Big Society’ bill, supposedly giving citizens more choice and control. In practice, this may involve offloading further responsibilities on to individuals, families and communities, forcing them to put in extra time and money or go without much-needed services.

  • 19 Jun 2011
    Britain needs 'open, rational' economic debate, say Greens

    The Green Party has called for an end to "arbitrary, ego-driven economic policy-making". It wants an "open, rational debate" about sustainability.