TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
The increase in immigration fees is racist and divisive
In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, ramping up in visa and immigration fees will leave students and highly skilled migrants counting the cost, writes HARSEV BAINS of the Indian Workers Association
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
WITH members of Parliament demob-happy in readiness of recess this week, a discriminatory hike in fees affecting migrant workers and students is announced by the Home Office.
It is scandalous from the Home Office which, according to the Times, reportedly made a half a billion pounds’ profit in 2019. This was an increase of 91 per cent since 2014.
At the time leading newspapers exposed the “rampant profiteering” from immigration fees. The Independent quoted the Dean of Durham Law School Tom Brooks, who stated: “The Home Office already makes a hefty profit of 900 per cent on the processing of immigration fees. Not only are migrants paying the full costs for the delivery of immigration services, a large share of what is charged goes to non-immigration purposes.”
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