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By Ross Saunders Statistics show that austerity has created terrible suffering in our communities. Life expectancy – stalled. Infant mortality – up. Children in poverty – up. Suicide rates – up. And now a new report has confirmed that it has also seriously damaged the economy. The New Economics Foundation has said that cuts by Tory-led governments in the last ...

Another week, another desperate attempt by Theresa May to hold her party together and in power. The possibility of getting rid of this rotten Tory government and the misery it is inflicting on millions is clear. Another week, another desperate attempt by Theresa May to hold her party together and in power. The possibility of getting rid of this rotten ...

Tories torn apart, French workers and youth in revolt, ‘populism’ on the rise … revolution in the air? By Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party “I have never been more ashamed to be a Conservative. We continue to be led by a mule flogging a dead horse” (Allison Pearson, Daily Telegraph columnist). This blistering attack on Prime Minister Theresa May and the Tory government – before ...

Theresa May’s government is on the brink. Yesterday the resignations began. Esther McVey and Dominic Raab were first out the door, along with a number of junior ministers. More could potentially follow them in the hours ahead. Coups, plots and leadership challenges are all being openly discussed. The trade union and labour movement must intervene now. Jeremy Corbyn and the ...

From the editorial of The Socialist If a variant of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Chequers proposal eventually becomes a Brexit deal, it will mean Britain remaining subject to much of the EU’s austerity-promoting and privatising neoliberalism. On the other hand, if the Tories who want a ‘hard’ break from the EU win out, it will also be against workers’ ...

Editorial in The Socialist 11/07/2018 For mass trade union-led struggle against the weak and divided government Demand an immediate general election For a Corbyn-led government with socialist policies Theresa May is clinging to power by a thread. For the first time since 1982 two cabinet ministers have resigned within 24 hours, as the Brexit civil war has ignited into a ...

By Dave Reid Hundreds will be rallying in Tredegar in South Wales on July 1st to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS. The march assembles at the house of Aneurin Bevan, founder of the NHS, who based the principles of the NHS on the Tredegar Workmen’s Medical Aid Society. He used his experience in providing cheap ...

An article in the June 2018 issue (no. 219) of Socialism Today The Labour right wing and capitalist establishment are waging a colossal campaign to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party and his anti-austerity policies. Particularly pernicious is the avalanche of antisemitism allegations levelled against him – and the left in general. This threat can only be answered ...

From the editorial of The Socialist 29/03/2018 The Blairite majority of Labour MPs will never be reconciled to Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Corbyn resoundingly won the second leadership contest they forced on him in 2016 but they go on looking for every opportunity to undermine, damage and remove him. Their slandering him as ‘antisemitic’, dredging up a two-line Facebook comment he made ...

By Beth Webster, Welsh nurse Three major hospitals in West Wales could close under proposals by Hywel Dda University Health Board. Until now, Welsh Labour has denied there is a crisis in the Welsh NHS – despite reports similar to those in England of waits of over 12 hours for ambulances and patients dying in corridors. Management is considering various ...