PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Free schools – piling failure on failure
The more free schools flunk their grades, the more time and money the government throws at them, writes Solomon Hughes
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
A POPULATION bulge is just about to hit our schools. But something odd has happened in education. Something which I don’t think most parents really understand.
If you look at the BBC report on the pressure on school places, a phrase jumps out: “The National Union of Teachers has called for councils to be able to open schools.”
Meanwhile ITV reports: “Town hall bosses across the country” have “called for education authorities to be able to open new secondary schools.”
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