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
Starmer’s border policy will cost more migrant lives
RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH condemns Labour’s £75m border security plan as deaths in Channel reach record highs, arguing that instead, Britain should reopen safe, legal routes for migrants
A group of people thought to be migrants, including young children, are brought in to Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, November 8, 2024
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
KEIR STARMER’S record on migration is already worse than the last government. The number of tragedies in the Channel in 2024 will dwarf last year and the previous two years put together.
So far this year, 61 people have died crossing the Channel, almost three times the number in 2023, making 2024 the worst year for Channel deaths in the last decade, with 15 people dying in the last month alone.
But this is not about numbers. The blood, dreams and futures of people seeking a better life lie lifeless in our seas.
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