We’ve had our pay frozen in the civil service for the past four years. Workers everywhere are being degraded and humiliated, despite workload increasing through the roof. I know I have never felt so undervalued. On top of this, our manager recently announced a month of ‘treasure hunts’ around Leicester to promote health and wellbeing. […]
Deep in the heart of London, the world’s largest centre for international finance, bankers are quivering in fear. The cause of this state of affairs? Apparently, the Bank of England’s terrible threat to ‘claw back’ the bonuses of ‘badly-performing’ bankers. But can’t bonuses already be withdrawn up to five years after they’re awarded? Why yes, […]
We may not have had local elections in Leicester this year, but the need to provide a political alternative for working class people could not be more relevant. Leicester is run by a Labour-majority city council. People are paying the cost of the bedroom tax and losing vital children’s and community services, while millions have […]
It has been announced that Barclays Bank are to cut 10-12,000 jobs in 2014, 7,000 of which will be in the UK. This comes hot on the heels of the 7,650 jobs axed only last year. Chief Executive Antony Jenkins cited ‘loss of profits’ as the reason for giving 9% of his staff the sack, […]
To most, last Saturday was just like any other frosty afternoon in early January. However, in the upstairs of a pub somewhere in London a group of women huddled together to talk about Marxist economics. Unusual? It was the Socialist Party’s national women’s meeting. For one weekend we traveled from far and wide to discuss […]
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