The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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Now we have the opportunity, we need to reinvent schools
It isn’t a ‘mutant algorithm’ that we have to worry about — it’s an education system that is designed to favour the most wealthy in society, writes ROBERT POOLE
Boris Johnson visits a primary school
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
THE summer holidays are normally a time when teachers can switch off and recharge their batteries ready for the autumn term.
This year that has not been the case. It has instead been a summer of Tory chaos.
The most recent education shambles — and I say most recent to distinguish it from the myriad other cock-ups that have taken place this year — has resulted in yet another Tory U-turn (I make that 12 so far).
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With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
