Share By Larry Elliott There are three possible ways out of the eurozone crisis: austerity, investment or the route taken by Argentina in the 90s The next 12 months will decide the fate of the eurozone. The problems of the single currency have not gone away and will again dominate this week’s…
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Share We reproduce the latest newsletter by Richard Lynch below A windfall for the rich and we’re paying for it! The March budget was delivered at a time when the economy is stagnating, output is still below 2008 levels, public and private investment is falling and unemployment and poverty levels are rising. Yet the…
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Share By James Meadway The eurocrisis is back, as expected. Greece is contained – at least for the moment – and attention has shifted to Spain. Twenty per cent unemployment, a shrinking economy, rising government deficits, and public and private debts totalling more than four times its national income have conspired to…
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Share By John Lister Campaigners, unions and opposition political parties can challenge, delay, publicise and expose some of the worst policies of Lansley’s new NHS Act – if we are united argues John Lister. The passage of Andrew Lansley’s Health & Social Care Bill into law is a major threat to the future…
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Share By Barry McKinley A new generation of Irish emigration is under way, with four planeloads a week leaving the country to escape austerity, writes Barry McKinley At 53 years of age I’m planning on leaving the country again, returning to New York city where I worked for more than a decade. I…
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Share By Dot Gibson Pensioners are being robbed by the Coalition government with their tax allowance freeze for over 5 million pensioners. Dot Gibson of the National Pensioners Convention describes how older people are fighting back. You could tell from the way George Osborne described the measure as a mere matter of “simplifying…
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Share By Matt Carr As the Riots Communities and Victims Panel identifies commercialism and materialism as significant driving forces behind last year’s riots, Matt Carr looks at the values of our political elite The final report from the Riots Communities and Victims Panel established by the government to investigate the causes of last August’s…
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Share By a tanker driver Fuel tanker drivers are ready for strike action next month, an action which could strike a huge blow to the coalition government, a driver explains why. We are on the brink of battle with greedy oil companies and employers who thought that the campaign fuel tanker drivers began four…
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Share By Iraklis Gotsis Iraklis Gotsis, has sent the following message of thanks to the members of the recent trade union soildarity delegation to Greece. Thank you to everyone who made the delegation and expressed their solidarity, in various ways, to the Greek people.The Greece Solidarity Campaign along with others in Europe as well…
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‘Healthy competition’ in the NHS is a sick joke
Share By Max Pemberton Real health choice under the NHS reform Bill doesn’t exist, and the so-called market is a mockery. On March 27 the NHS reform Bill – or to give it its official name, the Health and Social Care Bill – received Royal Assent and became law. With the ink…
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