Britain

Taking place in a ‘new era’ of unprecedented political volatility and turmoil, epitomised by Trump’s second presidency, 290 attended the Socialist Party’s three-day congress in Coventry, 15-17 March 2025. “The most important meeting of the […]

Below are three reports of recent successes won by Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) members in union elections.   Victory for socialist Marco Tesei in University and College Union Left must organise to fight […]

Keir Starmer, Britain’s Prime Minister, is everyday revealing the extent to which he is determined to govern in the interests of the capitalist bosses. His party, the Labour Party, was founded by the trade unions […]

Employment Rights Bill: Unions must fight to strengthen workers’ rights Trade union leaders have been lining up to extol the Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill, as secretary of state for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds […]

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 […]

Keir Starmer’s New Labour government has only reached its eighth month in office but the cracks are beginning to show around numerous issues, including oil field licensing, foreign policy, and Starmer’s increasingly strident anti-migrant rhetoric. […]

It was apt that Sir Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, staged his Labour government’s December ‘relaunch’ at Pinewood Studios, where the old comedy ‘Carry On’ movies were filmed. Starmer was hoping to breathe new […]

“This is not a Liz Truss moment”, declared a former director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), referring to the brief period of the Tory prime minister Liz Truss’s time in office, as the pound […]