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£100 billion for bosses - cuts for us.

MPs get extension after extension on their Brexit crisis. But there are no extensions for workers and young people on our suffocating rent and bills.

20 years of the minimum wage: Fight for a real living wage for every worker

The minimum wage was one of the very few pro-worker steps taken by a right-wing Labour government

Tories facing electoral meltdown

But only a socialist alternative to austerity can finish them off!
With two weeks to go before local elections in 271 councils in England, the Tories are facing the loss of many council seats.

Labour needs socialist policies to solve "climate emergency"

October's UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report said there is only 12 years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C to avoid devastating effects.

Cuts drive council tax debt

During the campaign against the Poll Tax, we used to say that the tax was unfair because a lord in his manor was expected to pay the same as a dustman down the road.

No-fault evictions ban, but cuts leave tenants vulnerable

You know that things have got bad for private renters when even the Tories realise they need to look like they're doing something to stop the chronic exploitation of tenants.

Assange arrest: US and allied governments seeking revenge for exposing dirty wars

After seven years of self-imposed exile in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was dragged from his place of asylum and arrested by the Metropolitan police.

Extinction Rebellion

Thousands of people took part in the bridge-blocking protests called by Extinction Rebellion over a series of weekends in November 2018

Gender pay gap widening

The Socialist Party demands that trade unions take a lead in fighting for public investment in well-paid jobs for all

Corbyn must demand election, defend workers' interests and fight for a socialist Brexit

May has been trying to get an extension to Article 50 until the end of June

Them & us

It's one world for the super-rich, and enotehr for the rest of us. Socialism worries, bills, uni art splurge, agency austerity

Stop Tory NHS destruction

Budget deficits, cancer service privatisation, vacant posts, 100,000 outsourced - and campaign victories!

Boot out the Tories - end austerity

Theresa May's 'Brexishambles' keeps rolling on. And we're sick of it!

Only socialism can stop capitalism's plastic problem

A democratic, socialist planned economy could produce sustainable and environmentally safe materials

Organise against climate change, austerity and capitalism

Build a socialist fightback

Local government in crisis: councillors can fight cuts!

By cutting, Labour councils deliver a double whammy for the Tories, who get what they want and get Labour to share the blame too

Poor doors, segregated playgrounds

Haven't the Tories and Blairites got enough to answer for without barring poor children from playgrounds? An investigation by the Guardian has showed yet another side of life under the 'Nasty Party' and its shadows on the right of Labour.

Toxic Grenfell fire residue threatens survivors

Cancer-causing chemicals and other potentially harmful toxins have been found close to Grenfell Tower in fire debris and soil samples, according to the University of Central Lancashire.

Working families in poverty: fund homes and childcare

In the UK, 2.9 million children from working families are now living in poverty, reports the Department for Work and Pensions. And more than a third of babies are living below the poverty line, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Probation privatisation failure

"Irredeemably flawed" is the verdict of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Probation, five years on from the break-up and part-privatisation of the service.