NHS strike postponed
UNISON members on strike at Salford Royal hospital (Matt Hanley) With less than 48 hours before today's planned 12 hour nationwide strike of NHS nurses, porters, cleaners, ambulance staff, secretaries…
How our education system is failing us… and our democracy
Bradley Allsop examines the psychology behind voter behaviour to argue that changes to our education system have brought about an increasingly disempowered electorate, with disastrous results for our democracy. "Schools have…
Austerity isn’t good for the economy, young people – or anyone else
Georgia Elander, a member of the Young Greens' National Executive, explains how the government's programme of austerity is hurting young and everyone else. George Osborne’s Autumn Statement was, if nothing…
New poll: mass support for public ownership
Privatisation is unpopular, a failure, and being rejected across the Western world. That's the finding of a major report from the new campaign group 'We Own It', which calls for…
Academics and the defence of their universities
Luke Martell An inspiring Convention for Higher Education in Brighton has made an important step forward, discussing what the public university should be, and investigating the implications of its marketisation.…
A Cap on GP Appointments and Other Tory Health Proposals
By now most of you will have heard that the Tories have asked local party groups whether they think there should be a cap on the number of GP appointments…
Legal aid reforms will create a two-tier justice system
By Adam Pogonowski Yet another example of the Tories’ determination to attack the worst off in our society is their proposed reforms to criminal legal aid. Legal aid has already…
The academic case for austerity crumbles… but it won't change anything
So, it turns out that one of the main academic papers used to justify the government's massive cuts is wrong. I mean, not in the 'some academics think it's wrong,…
An aspiration nation
An aspiration nation. That’s how George Osborne described the UK in his fourth budget. A budget that brings some fortune to big business, home owners and tax avoiders but gives…
Budget Day Strikes – support the PCS today
It's budget day. Again. Once more, George Osborne will stand up on his hind legs and assault the people of Britain. And once more, the Public and Commercial Services Union…