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People in Newcastle take part in the People’s Assembly nationwide protest about cost of living crisis, February 2022
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
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
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
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
WORKING people are experiencing the greatest fall in living standards for 30 years. But while millions of people on low and middle incomes are struggling to keep themselves afloat, the super-rich continue to accumulate astronomical levels of wealth.
The “cost-of-living crisis” is hitting millions of families across our country. In December, inflation reached 5.5 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics. This is the highest level of inflation since 1992 — 30 years ago.
The Bank of England has predicted inflation could hit 7.25 per cent later this year. Now the war in Ukraine is making the situation even worse.
Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills
Campaigners urge government to ignore profiteering oil lobbyists and help those hit hardest by rising energy prices
