There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
The anti-strikes Bill: yet another blow to our democratic rights
We have no choice but to seek to build mass opposition and to develop a strategy of non-compliance to the draconian Minimum Service Levels Act, says MATT WRACK
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THE Minimum Service Levels Act is one of the most significant attacks on working people in a generation.
Under the new anti-strike legislation, “minimum service regulations” in fire and rescue, health, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning and border security will enable employers to require designated workers to attend work on strike days — despite a democratic and lawful vote for strike action; workers will be required to undermine their own demands and campaigns.
Employers will also be granted increased powers to sack union members if they do not work on strike days. Unions will be expected to police members’ attendance at work.
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MATT WRACK outlines the FBU’s motion to the Labour Party conference, urging an overhaul of safety regulations, an end to privatisation, and preparation for the extreme weather events threatening public safety
Despite the damning report, cladding fires continue to threaten lives, and justice has not been done. MATT WRACK demands a radical overhaul of building safety regulations and public ownership of the inspection system
While workers must organise to push Starmer beyond his timid manifesto pledges, the scrapping of anti-strike laws and restoration of public services promised means we must vote Labour, argues MATT WRACK
