Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Union says anti-strike legislation ‘scapegoats NHS workers’
‘A government that has presided over 13 years of failure in our public services is now seeking to scapegoat the NHS staff and ambulance workers who do so much to care for the people of our country.’
‘Baffling’: Sunak’s maths plan slammed from every direction
One commentator described the proposal to ensure all pupils continue to study maths until they are 18 as a ‘cringe-inducing lack of vision.’
‘Knives Out’: Will Boris be back in 2023?
As a dire electoral future beckons the Tories, desperate times call for desperate measures, lighting the touchpaper for a possible return of Boris Johnson.
Mick Lynch round-up: best moments of the week
The RMT union general secretary has started 2023 with a bang, continuing to stump overzealous and ill-prepared interviewers and critics with calm, confident, and authentic responses.
Lancaster University urged to cut ties with UK arms trade
“Solidarity with striking staff, and solidarity with Yemen and Palestine!”
Calls made for 0.7% international aid target to be reinstated to help protect world’s most vulnerable communities
'The UK was the only G7 country to cut foreign aid during the pandemic. Its routine failure to meet funding deadlines as well as reinstate the 0.7% target means that far too many people in the developing world are suffering the catastrophic effects of the UK government’s decisions.'