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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Scottish councils need more funding unlocked
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
“COUNCILS are showing signs of increasing financial stress,” Audit Scotland, Local Government in Scotland, financial overview 2016-17.
That stark view from the dispassionate observation of the auditor should make all sit up and take notice, but the Brigadoon style of Scottish politics means that it’s ignored.
The SNP, supported by the party that likes to say Yes, the Greens, talks of a “positive settlement” and “extra money” almost as though co-ordinated. There is no such thing. Let the facts speak for themselves.
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