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Philip StottMarch 11, 2020
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NHS cuts – Stop playing with our lives

By Lynda McEwan Closure of out of hours services at six major hospitals in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde…
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Philip StottMarch 11, 2020
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Coronavirus pushes world economy towards recession

Editorial from the Socialist - England and Wales edition The biggest one-day fall in stock markets since the financial crisis;…
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Philip StottMarch 6, 2020
143

Build a socialist challenge for the 2021 Scottish elections

Statement by Socialist Party Scotland Executive Committee An appeal to socialists, trade unionists and anti-austerity campaigners The Scottish parliament election,…
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Philip StottMarch 6, 2020
145

International Women’s Day: Fight for socialist change to end oppression

International Women’s Day, with its history of being rooted in struggle, has, in recent years, been diminished – much like…
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Philip StottMarch 5, 2020
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Covid-19: a socialist response to the coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: underfunded, understaffed – NHS is not prepared Jon Dale, secretary, Unite union Nottinghamshire NHS branch (personal capacity) As new…
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Philip StottMarch 3, 2020
130

A decade of austerity leaves wages mired at 2008 levels

Joe Fathallah, Cardiff East Socialist Party Average wage levels in the UK have, for the first time, recovered to the…
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Philip StottFebruary 26, 2020
145

SNP and Labour councils pass on Tory cuts – Build a new workers’ party

Matt Dobson reports This year’s Scottish government budget is passing through Holyrood with the support of SNP and Scottish Green…
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Philip StottFebruary 22, 2020
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Strong support for UCU/EIS-ULA strike action in Scotland

Oisin Duncan and Andrew Carruthers, Strathclyde and Glasgow Socialist Students Thursday and Friday saw the beginning of 14 days of strike…
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Philip StottFebruary 20, 2020
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Trade unions – new decade, new challenges

Rob Williams, Socialist Party England and Wales industrial organiser After the general election, the unions and their members are facing…
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Philip StottFebruary 18, 2020
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No cuts council budgets can end the new wave of austerity

Jim McFarlane, Dundee City Unison secretary and Unison NEC member (personal capacity) Boris Johnson and his billionaires’ government claim austerity is…
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