The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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The Man Behind the Bill
In the shadows lurks a little-known Tory lackey with big business links who is poised to snatch our right to strike. SOLOMON HUGHES investigates
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
NICK BOLES, the “Minister of State for Skills,” has been given the job of helping the Tories push through their anti-union legislation.
Boles is acting as the Robin to Sajid Javid’s Batman as they take on the trade union menace. Kapow!
Boles doesn’t make much impact on public consciousness, but he was actually quite a player in Cameron’s Notting Hill set. He is one of the Tory in-crowd.
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