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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We cannot continue like this – the housing crisis is here and now
Millions of young people want to leave their parental home and stand on their own two feet, but are unable to do so due to a supercharged housing market and no access to social housing. NEIL FINDLAY calls for action to fix a broken system
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
LAST week I spoke to a young recent graduate employed in the NHS. Working in Edinburgh, she loves her job in a large city hospital where she treats cancer patients and wants to build a long-term career in our greatest national institution.
Like many recent graduates, she left university saddled with a high level of student debt, paid out mostly to private landlords for exorbitant levels of rent.
Having spent two years flat-sharing with friends who have now moved to other cities, she found herself having to look for her fifth flatshare in as many years.
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