WHEN Theresa May sent her attorney general to court last week to stop Parliament deciding on Brexit, she stepped on a legal trip wire laid forty years ago in New …
Health inspectors have raised safety concerns about two-thirds of A&E units in England, blaming underfunding of council care services for causing overcrowding in hospitals.” The Care Quality Commission review said …
Commons watchdogs have been given evidence that pensioners of the failed poultry business Bernard Matthews Ltd stand to get just 1p in the £. In a background paper written for …
Investment decisions by major carmakers on the production of up to 15 new models in the UK are “hanging by a thread” unless the government secures tariff free access to …
A University of Manchester probe has found that suicides of people being cared for in the community are higher than among hospital in-patients. There are around 200 suicides a year …
New research has found that the UK gender pay gap will not close until 2069 based on current salary progression. Accountancy firm Deloitte said the hourly pay gap between men …
The charity Agenda has found that mental health services across England are not adequately considering the needs of female mental health patients. Only one NHS Mental Health Trust, out of …
Sick pay in Britain and Ireland lags far behind most European nations. Research collated by Ben Harrow at Vouchercloud, the Bristol-based money-saving mobile app platform has revealed that Norway, Luxembourg, …
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict with left-wing rebels. . The Nobel committee in Norway …
Donald Trump’s trade adviser Dan DiMicco has promised that Britain will be offered a free trade deal before the rest of the EU if the Republicans win the US presidential …
The transport select committee has warned that lessons must be learned from the “woeful” experience of passengers on Southern Railway. Rail passengers have been badly let down by government failure …
Public sector specialists have warned that hundreds of extra schools may have to be built in England to cope with the school population bulge. Official figures suggest there will be …
The government has admitted that response to its consultation about reforms to public sector exit payments, which will see the lowest paid hit hardest, was overwhelmingly hostile.. The “reforms” will …
WHEN Theresa May sent her attorney general to court last week to stop Parliament deciding on Brexit, she stepped on a legal trip wire laid forty years ago in New …
The Times, London October 5: Companies will be forced to reveal how many foreign workers they employ under government plans to shame bosses who fail to take on British staff. …
I have never felt so ashamed for having once been a Tory MP as when I heard the Prime Minister address the Conservative Party conference on Sunday. Wearing a black …
Jeremy Corbyn wound up the Labour conference in Liverpool by saying that the movement must now focus on forming the next government. After months of splits, divisions and in-fighting, he …
In a skeleton argument for next month’s High Court battle against the government, Helen Mountfield QC has listed the human rights we will forfeit in a Brexit without parliamentary approval. …
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has launched a Labour taskforce at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool to “transform early years provision” for all families, saying that every parent should …
At Labour annual conference in Liverpool, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insisted that Britain needs an interventionist government working with the private sector. An incoming Labour government would borrow in the …
Jeremy Corbyn has promised to hand more power to grassroots Labour activists but insisted that most sitting MPs need have no fear of deselection. The re-elected Leader said that, after …
Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as Labour leader, comfortably defeating his challenger Owen Smith, and scoring 61.8% of the total vote, a larger margin of victory than last year. He said …
As the November 8 polling day approaches, Bob Hutton examines the state of the parties after a bruising campaign year. At the time of writing, the victory of Hillary …
The state is in danger of failing in its obligation to protect those it is required to incarcerate. Let us be blunt. Prison safety is terrible. Those are not my …
Yanis Varoufakis suggests what the role of the left should be in the inevitable clash with the EU establishment. Exasperated by the European Union’s mixture of authoritarianism and economic failure, …
Leaving the EU creates an opening for change in Britain, but who will rise to the challenge and how? If you are young and British you have had your …
The Revenue is a government department in crisis. In 2005 HMRC employed directly 105,000 members of staff; it currently stands at approximately 58,000, almost a 50% reduction. Plans brought forward …
History has shown us that perhaps the most illegitimate defence is that “the other lot has done worse”. Unfortunately for the Labour movement, that argument has been deployed by some …
History has shown us that perhaps the most illegitimate defence is that “the other lot has done worse”. Unfortunately for the Labour movement, that argument has been deployed by some …
The ‘Tom Clarke Bill’ was passed in 1986, and Tom Clarke himself here looks back at what the legislation achieved and what still needs to be done. The Disabled Persons …
A new book by Ian Hernon examines pivotal ‘crimes’ in world history and the long-term effect they had on the societies in which they were committed. At its simplest, …
At the start of this month, the New York Times revealed Donald Trump’s tax records from 1995 showing he had reported a loss of $916 million dollars, which could have …
It is a great shame for Labour in Scotland that the UK party has voted for the renewal of Trident, as this will severely affect Scottish Labour’s hopes for recovery …
The Tories are long into a orchestrated plan to transform the electoral landscape by subverting democracy to further their partisan interests. Yet to date it has barely been criticised for …
Dame Margaret Anstee June 25 1926-August 25 2016 Margaret Anstee overcame childhood poverty to become one of Britain’s first woman diplomats, and the first female under-secretary-general of the United Nations. …
Having had their knuckles rapped at Judicial Review earlier this year, Cornwall Council are involved in another planning storm relating to the proposed reopening of Dean Quarry on The Lizard …
Despite worldwide support for the kidnapped girls, more needs to be done. Earlier this year the International Development committee visited Nigeria as part of an inquiry into the work of …
Following the damning Police Ombudsman’s report, the day may yet come when those responsible for the murder of six men at the Heights Bar will finally be prosecuted. On 18 …
The story of the involvement of New Zealand soldiers in the battle of the Somme 100 years ago. From the bloodied survivors of their mauling on Gallipoli and with the …
One of the myths of Europe is that the right to free movement must be to the disadvantage of what are called native workers. The Leave campaign brilliantly fused latent …
European leaders took time to stop and reflect on the future of the continent in Bratislava last week at a meeting of the heads of 27 EU governments – without …
Were early socialists right to argue that sport was a distraction from the path to socialism? Apart from Brexit and the saga of the Labour leadership election giving the …
Donald Trump has a record of resisting union organisation in his businesses, and yet his false promises still appeal to white working class voters. Despite the pro-worker, anti-trade deal rhetoric …
The return of grammar and secondary modern schools is inexplicable, even to many Tories. Why the Conservatives want to bring back Grammar schools – and with them, of course, Secondary …
Tribune went to press before the Labour Leadership vote closed, but assumptions were that Jeremy Corbyn will have won again due to overwhelming support among the rank and file. Considered …
The new Far Right in Europe is exploiting the alienation caused by the dominance of neo-liberalism There’s an increasing number of violent events taking place across Europe, driven by …
It was not good week for the bean counters. António Guterres is neither East European, nor female, but the newly designated ninth UN Secretary General is indisputably the best person …
The thing is, doctor, I don’t seem to be able to concentrate properly. My memory is shot. I haven’t got a grip on reality any more. There’s all these thing …
Even some Tory MPs are chafing at the new regime’s dictatorial approach. In office but not in power’ is a memorable political phrase that might be bandied about by …
Become a Deliveroo rider and “pick up a ton of perks to sweeten the deal, like discounts with Apple and Vue Cinema on top of your self-employed £16 an hour …
This weekend I am speaking at the Labour Assembly Against Austerity conference in London on why Corbynomics works. It is abundantly clear that the austerity agenda the Government has pursued …
Sporting a new haircut and a more confident style, Jeremy Corbyn came back to Batley for the by-election that nobody ever wanted. It was his second visit. The first took …
Of course, by now it’s almost purely about embarrassment, which just serves to make the whole thing even more embarrassing. It was embarrassing enough that David Cameron’s reckless short-termism in …
The Tories are tearing themselves apart over hard and soft Brexit, HS2 and Theresa May’s incompetent reshuffle. Labour are beating each other up over alleged anti-Semitism, alleged entryism and Jeremy …
School’s out There are more signs that Mrs May’s honeymoon period amongst her conference-weary rank and file is waning. Paul Goodman of the conservativehome website blogged: “Not everything is changed, …
I can’t even remember the day the letter arrived. Certainly no one bothered to wait at home for the mail. Least of all me. I had a valley to conquer …
Power. That was the fundamental gulf between this autumn’s Labour and Conservative conferences. Power. The Tories flaunted power in Birmingham while the hard truth is Labour displayed little or none …
After more than five decades of violent conflict in Colombia, finally peace was in sight. Four years in the making, a new deal that was brokered between the government and …
Monster’s ball Theresa May appears to have recognised that the Black and White Ball, the ultra-lavish annual Tory fund-raiser where table places go for up to £1,500 a head, may …
The exclusively Protestant Orange Order needs to decide if it can become a vehicle for the rebirth of Christian socialism in Ireland, or take advantage of the growing cross-border relations …
