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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Labour must make a firm commitment to public-sector pay
We need to be clear that any Labour government will bring public-sector pay back to pre-austerity levels and in line with inflation, writes BETH WINTER MP
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) on the picket line outside HMRC in East Kilbride during a strike in the long-running civil service dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, May 10, 2023
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
AS Labour’s conference takes place in Liverpool, it comes on the back of an increasingly divided and extreme Conservative conference, and a stunning by-election win taking a seat from the SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton.
With that win confirming Labour’s polling lead, it is increasingly likely that Labour will be in a strong position to win a majority government at the next election.
The opportunity that a majority government will bring is the chance to heal the austerity attacks on our public services and assaults on people’s pay over the last 13 years.
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