The brutal impact of austerity on Scotland’s public services
Scotland’s budget is being slashed by more than £6 billion in real terms.
Unison
Nominate your worst example of outsourcing
Unison are inviting nominations for the all new ‘Wolfie Awards’ – focusing on waste and service failure caused by the outsourcing of public services.
Outsourcing: the joke has always been on the workers
Contracting out doesn’t improve efficiency – it just makes it easier to pay people less.
Zero hour contract consultation attracts 36,000 responses
A government consultation on zero-hours contracts has been flooded with 36,000 responses from people wanting to talk about problems and abuses.
The government would be foolish to keep ignoring teaching assistants
Market obsessives and state haters have led the backlash against teaching assistants.
‘All hail the rich’ – the reality behind tory tax claims
Right-wingers have been exalting the contribution of the UK’s richest 1 per cent to income tax revenue over recent months. However it’s worth looking at the detail behind these figures.
The inflation magic trick
Anyone taking a closer look at the figures can see that one measure of inflation has gone down, while the other has gone up.
We should be supporting progressive forces in Israel, not boycotting them
In a long standing tradition, internationalism has been about campaigning for peace, cooperation, economic development and education.
Union membership increased by 59,000 to 6.5 million in 2012
Trade Union membership rose by 59,000 to 6.5 million last year, according to a report by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report published today.
Four chasing every UK job
Four people are chasing every job in England, Scotland and Wales, and in some areas more than 10 jobseekers are chasing each vacancy, according to a new survey.