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UK
Fighting for a Wales that puts people before profit
In Wales, independent candidate and former Labour MP Beth Winter is offering voters a new form of politics that is speaking to the concerns of many – and getting an echo from people sick and tired of the establishment parties.
Holyrood elections: Swinney and SNP expected to remain in power, but with more of the same
Reform’s likely presence in the Scottish parliament should be “a wake-up call for many”. A leader of the Scottish left surveys the political terrain ahead.
New study shows Britain going backwards on healthy life expectancy
The UK’s health is declining and falling behind most other comparable nations according to a new study from the Health Foundation think tank.
Not every job is a good job – unions and the fight for a bigger picture
The Scottish Trades Union Congress condemns the Labour government’s massive increase in spending for weapons of war.
TUSC still struggling to make an impact, but could the local elections be different?
The Trade Union and Socialist Coalition is fielding its largest contingent ever in the 7 May local elections in England. Might being the most prominent explicitly socialist grouping standing help them benefit from the shattering of the historical allegiance to Labour?
UK’s biggest environmental pollution claim begins its long journey through the courts
Welsh Water and a large chicken producer have been causing three rivers on the Welsh-English border to become toxic, 4,500 local people state in lawsuit.
A perversion of British justice
As six Palestine Action activists are acquitted on charges of violent disorder at the Elbit Systems factory in Bristol, we look behind the headlines and what this might mean for justice.
Kicking the problem of British racism down the road (yet again!)
Racism is a far bigger problem than the far right, but how should we challenge it effectively? John Tummon considers the issues and offers some solutions.
Together demo – a massive turnout, but what comes next?
While demonstrations by themselves are rarely decisive in bringing about change, they can offer a glimpse of what is possible when people organise together against a common enemy.