The Tories’ childcare policies are in total disarray
In some parts of the UK, childcare now costs nearly £10,000 a year – with lower-income families among the hardest hit.
Public Services
New “subcos” in the NHS will destroy patient care and staff conditions – but resistance is growing
Outsourcing jobs to private companies will create a more fractured and less responsive health service.
Student solidarity: over 60% of students support striking university staff
And just 2% think university staff are to blame for the industrial action, a YouGov poll found this morning.
The fight against NHS privatisation is stepping up – and winning
Thousands of NHS jobs are being outsourced to private ‘arms-length’ companies, but workers are fighting the plans.
The UK is mired in £222bn of PFI debt. Here’s how we take on the public finance fat cats
Every UK citizen owes more than £3,400 to PFI companies – this might be the solution we desperately need.
The Tories’ disability assessments were just slammed by this parliamentary committee
This just a week after a Tory former DWP minister said there was “something is seriously wrong with the system”.
Chris Grayling should resign over East Coast – now’s the time for Network Rail to step up
The only thing stopping us re-nationalising the railways is Tory ideology and greedy franchise owners.
This new Tory welfare cut could be about to make thousands of vulnerable people homeless
‘Support for mortgage interest’ for 110,000 people is being cut and less than 10% have applied for the loan offered by Serco to replace it.
It’s not just HDV – Labour councils are gentrifying up and down the UK
Stratford and Newham are just the most blatant examples of a Labour council displacing old working class communities.
NHS in crisis: A&Es had their worst month on record in January, new figures show
Waiting times are the longest they’ve ever been – the NHS is facing a real crisis.