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By Dave Reid Health visitors working for Cwm Taf Health Board have voted to extend their month-long strike for fair pay for a further two months, determined to win the banding which is theirs by right. In a process that began in 2021, Health Board (HB) bosses signed an internal job grading matching them as a band 7 acknowledging a masters qualification ...

By John Williams (LGBT candidate for the Unite Executive Council) Over 100 health visitors in Unite at Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board (HB) are taking strike action for four weeks at the refusal of the HB to pay them the correct salary based on their qualifications which is costing them between £8000 to £9000 per year. Health visitors do vital ...

Statement from the Committee For A Workers International (CWI) on International Women’s Day Looking around the world on International Women’s Day 2025 it would seem that women’s rights are under attack in almost every part of the globe. Poverty, inequality, war and environmental destruction are the multiple consequences of a global capitalist system in profound crisis. These crises affect all ...

By Helen Pattison, Socialist Party Executive Committee There has been a litany of incidents of horrific violence against women and girls in Britain in recent years. The scale of misogyny in London’s Metropolitan Police is on full view following the jailing of two police officers, one for murder and one for multiple rapes. In six months there were 268 new ...

By Amy Sage Socialist Party members met for a fantastic meeting of women and non-binary members. We opened with a discussion on the question – ‘How far can right-wing populism go?’. Taking place less than a week after the inauguration of Donald Trump, this was understandably one of the main features of the discussion. We pointed out the real driving ...

By Bea Gardner How will we afford to keep the heating on? This is a question facing thousands of working-class households this winter, even after the government’s colossal energy bosses bailout. The poorer you are, the hardest you are hit by rising costs. Real inflation is far higher for the working class than it is for those with bigger incomes ...

By Taryn Tarrant-Cornish The resounding mood of the speakers at the Cardiff People’s Budget echoed the opening words of the Trade’s Council’s Secretary, Dave Bartlett, who warned the city’s council; “We want it back.” Over 40 people participated in the Cardiff People’s Budget called by Cardiff Trade Union Council. Speaker after speaker spoke movingly about their personal experiences outlining the ...

By Gareth Bromhall, Swansea Socialist Party and Lynne, branch secretary, Swansea Unite Community branch We were saddened to hear of the loss of long-standing Socialist Party member Kate Jones on 20 December. Most recently a member in Swansea, Kate was previously a member in Brighton and Llanelli. A lifelong Marxist, Kate became politically active in her teens and joined Militant, ...

By Sarah Sachs-Eldridge ‘Rape has been decriminalised’. This was a 2019 assessment of a situation where just 1.6% of rapes result in someone being charged. Each year around 128,000 people are victims of rape but only just over 2,000 charges are made. This was a factor in the outpouring of anger that followed the killing of Sarah Everard in March ...

By Jaime Davies Two years and six months ago we tragically lost a brilliant comrade and a wonderful friend, Socialist Party member Bethan Roper. Our loss, both personally and on the battlefield of class struggle, is still difficult and painful to come to terms with. Her family, friends and comrades will always feel it, and will continue to press for ...