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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As train drivers’ union Aslef prepares for its annual conference, MICK WHELAN says a return to public railway ownership should be a no-brainer
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
I’D BE surprised if you hopped out of bed last month eagerly anticipating the joy of thumbing through the rail regulator’s financial report for last year.
I’d be amazed if you’d sat in your jim-jams reluctant to attack your boiled egg before you had perused a few columns of figures from the Office of Rail Regulation.
It’s one of those exercises you want someone else to do for you, just leaving you with a few handy facts.
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