Columnists
The silent tragedy of silica dust and the need for immediate action
One thousand deaths a year among workers deserves a lot more attention
health and safety
Work will get more dangerous and more difficult this year
Bud Hudspith argues that the government is understating the damage caused by bad health and safety, and that cutting the regulations will only hurt more.
Top five reasons why you can’t protest (according to the right)
Alex Hern details the ridiculous arguments used against Occupy London by people on the right seeking to discredit them.
Grayling’s tabloid pandering gone mad
Ben Mitchell looks at the madness of the tabloid and Tory-led government overreaction to the slew of irrational "health and safety gone mad" headlines.
Health and Safety cuts: Criminal businesses let off the leash
Steve Tombs, Professor of Sociology at Liverpool John Moores University, and David Whyte, Reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool, on the false justifications for Cameron's Health and Safety cuts.
Health and safety laws matter – every day 60 people die due to work
Every year, some 1,500 people lose their lives in the UK through a fatal occupational injury – not to mention the 20,000-plus who die of occupational illness.