The Milburn review presents itself as a plan to help young people into work, but Dr DYLAN MURPHY argues it is laying the groundwork for a harsher benefits regime
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A fundamental attack on our democracy
The government’s minimum service levels Bill is an attempt to curb our human right to express ourselves and our opinions – it must be resisted, writes RUTH BRADY
UNITY: GMB members on the picket line outside the ambulance station in Pontprennau Wales, as paramedics, ambulance technicians and call handlers walked out in December last year
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
RIGHT now there is a clear divide in our politics. It is not one about culture wars, or party factionalism; it is one about those who believe in democratic rights and those that don’t.
The minimum service levels Bill is undermines a fundamental linchpin of our democracy, the right of workers to democratically protest against their ill-treatment and against their exploitation.
In the face of a wave of popular outcry, the Tories have shown their true colours. They have pitched themselves against ambulance drivers, teachers, nurses, barristers and transport workers.
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