REVITALISING house-building in Britain could rejuvenate a Labour-led economy for the many, not the few, trade unionists declared this weekend.
The Conference of the Trades Unions Councils in Manchester, marking the 150th anniversary year of the TUC, called for a major house-building programme to meet the needs of the working class in Britain.
Tony Carter of the Cambridge County Association raised the problems facing people across Britain and condemned the lack of social housing, which has caused massive waiting lists while the private housing sector has doubled since 1999.
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Our charter’s demands for fair pay, affordable housing and environmental security will recruit working-class youth into the political struggle for socialism, emulating the success of the Women’s Charter, writes YCL general secretary GEORGINA ANDREWS


