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IAN LAVERY MP says an immediate focus on raising wages and reducing costs must be part of a strategy to show Labour can deliver for workers again
A fairer distribution of wealth is what we need
STEPHEN SMELLIE surveys the situation facing NHS workers north of the border
Friedrich Merz’s call for a new Plaza Accord ignores how Washington’s 1985 currency ambush destroyed Japan without fixing US deficits — China, a sovereign socialist state with 1.4 billion consumers, cannot be bullied the same way, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
World Peace Council president PALLAB SENGUPTA assesses the challenges facing the international peace movement and sends greetings to the Liberation AGM
KIERA MARSHALL says there is a gulf between the privileged circles in which most politicians move and the lives of working-class youth in left-behind estates – and as a newly elected Senedd member she’s determined to do something about it
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
Over the past few years workers in local government, education, the Civil Service and the NHS have seen the value of their pay plummet as wage freezes and restraint have combined with the rise in the cost of living.
This poisonous mix has created real poverty among public servants, with reports of workers relying on benefits and foodbanks becoming common across the country.
Nurses, classroom assistants, care workers, firefighters and civil servants have all suffered.
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