Bosses at Cwm Taf health board have announced the closure of the A&E department at Royal Glamorgan hospital even as an A&E crisis is raging in the NHS. Emergency cases in Rhondda Cynon Taff (RCT) face being transported on a long journey to Merthyr or Cardiff by an already overstretched ambulance service. People in the Rhondda face especially long journeys. ...

Carmarthenshire Council Unison branch has again called on councillors in the Plaid-led council to set a legal no-cuts budget for 2020-21 and slammed the “sham consultation” which has given Carmarthenshire people the choice of cuts or more cuts. The union points out that the devastating effects of the cuts in the county – “The impact of the council … implementing ...

By Alex Wedlake   Just before the Christmas the BBC issued a stark warning for the people of Wales. The NHS winter crisis had begun. In 2019 the Welsh Ambulance service has failed to meet its response time targets despite monumental number fudging that oversaw the degrading of stroke call outs from Red to Amber; this is in spite of ...

Editorial in The Socialist 08/01/2019 The nomination process for the Labour Party’s leadership and deputy leadership contests has begun, with the ballot to take place from 21 February to 2 April. After doing its best over years to denigrate Jeremy Corbyn as leader, the capitalist media is now striving to influence the voting process, giving credence to candidates who will ...

By Robert Bechert on the CWI website  Shockwaves went around the world, and outrage spread in the Middle East, as news broke of Trump’s unilateral decision to assassinate Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force and a key Iranian leader. Suleimani had a legendary status, particularly amongst Shias, throughout the Middle East. He was a labourer’s son ...

By a Carmarthenshire Council Unison member Plaid led Carmarthenshire County has backed down in the face of two days of determined industrial action. One of the placards produced by Carmarthenshire County Unison branch for the picket  lines summed it up when it said: “Dashing through the snow, With a 1,000k to go, Don’t you think it fitting, We are paid ...

Socialist Party Scotland Unions must organise for action to defend the NHS, public services, the environment, benefits and workers’ rights Build a new mass working class party Fight for an independent socialist Scotland Boris Johnson and the Tories’ election victory will have angered and disappointed many workers and young people. He may have been elected promising ‘an end to austerity’ ...

Socialist Party statement on the general election Trade unions must organise now to plan action to mobilise workers and young people to defend the NHS, public services, the environment, benefits and workers’ rights against Johnson’s attacks Blame the Blairites. Kick out the pro-capitalist saboteurs. Refound Labour as a mass democratic workers’ party with socialist policies Join the fightback! Join the ...

Editorial in The Socialist 04/12/2019 While the week before, a You Gov poll pointed towards a 68-majority for the Tories, on 2 December an ICM poll put them on 42% and Labour on 35%, just seven points behind. A Survation poll on the same day put Labour on 33%, a gap of nine. The press talk now is of the possibility ...

From the editorial of The Socialist 27/11/2019 Corbyn’s manifesto offers a glimpse of jobs, homes and public services for the 99%, protection for our environment – and making the capitalist class pay. No wonder the boss class and their representatives in politics and the press attack it – they will do anything to prevent a Corbyn victory. Since the 1980s, ...