The brutal eviction of the 87-year old disabled woman, María del Carmen Abascal, known as “Maricarmen”, who had been living in her Madrid flat for 71 years, sparked fury across Spain. She was carried ...

The brutal eviction of the 87-year old disabled woman, María del Carmen Abascal, known as “Maricarmen”, who had been living in her Madrid flat for 71 years, sparked fury across Spain. She was carried ...

The wave of school student protests across France has highlighted the deep crisis facing public education and the wider social conditions confronting working‑class youth. In dozens of towns and cities...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveils ‘Your First Home’ plan to help people on to housing ladder

Trade unions and the Left – go on the offensive. Berlin voters have shown that they want real change and improvements, and have rejected the austerity policies of the conservative CDU and SPD social d...

Industrial action in the public sector begins on 30 September. Two strike days are scheduled – 14 & 21 October. More are planned. Following massive votes for strike action, public sector workers are m...

The workers’ movement must also discuss building an independent, anti-austerity political voice

Residents say new legislation in England forcing landlords to fix dangerous hazards is not improving conditions

Back the PCS motion for a weekend demo. For workers’ unity against racist division

Polarization over the AfD … plays into the AfD’s hands Die Linke must finally open a class front! The election result in Saxony-Anhalt is a political earthquake that was long on the cards. It can [......

Housing associations in England have sold 25,000 social and affordable homes to private buyers who do not live in them since 2018-19, new research has found.

Shard Place’s policies, including those on guests and delivery riders, have frustrated many renters

Paul Kershaw, Enfield and Lea Valley Socialist Party Andy Burnham called for the government house building programme to go 100% to council housing when campaigning during the Makerfield byelection in June. By August, the now prime minister announced that just 60% would be for social rent, and most of the social-rent housing will not be […]

Workers are looking for an industrial and political lead as the second year of Starmer’s New Labour Mark 2 government begins.

The prospect of establishing a new political voice for the working class to challenge the continuity Tories of Keir Starmer’s New Labour party is now closer than ever!  On Thursday 3rd July the MP for...

The ceasefire in the Israel–Iran war has brought after twelve days an end, for now, to the aerial bombing offensive that killed hundreds of Iranian civilians, as well as to the counter-offensive in wh...

As the anniversary of the 2024 general election approaches, support is growing for the call made by trade unionists for steps to be taken now in the unions to establish a new political voice for worki...

More than 100 days into all-out action in the long-running row over pay cuts, LBC has asked more than 100 Brummies who they hold responsible.

What should workers make of Labour’s 11 June Spending Review, this government’s third ‘fiscal event’ in its less than year-long life?

Unite the Union organised a protest outside parliament on 16 June as part of its Fair Funding Now campaign for local government. Council workers from across the UK attended, including a double-decker ...

Just under a year since the election of the Starmer government and delegates at the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) conference were still waiting to see change.

Despite being elected on promises to address the housing crisis, Starmer’s Labour has made little progress in delivering council housing

Statement on Ballymena anti-immigrant riots

Paul Kershaw, Unite the Union housing workers branch chair Akram Mohamed died at four months old in a damp mould-ridden housing association flat. His parents spoke to demonstrators outside Notting Hil...

Figures in the press have shown that Labour’s membership is falling, and falling rapidly.