Energy supplier Centrica is expecting an almost eightfold increase in net profit. This at a time where 34% of adults in Britain face a choice between ‘heating or eating’ due, among other things, to a twofold increase in energy prices in the last year.
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Solidarity with striking rail cleaners – Victory to the RMT
Full solidarity with rail cleaners taking strike action with the RMT.
PFI is a monkey on our backs
An island of coal in a sea of oil, with huge potential for wind and water power providing energy to power our industry. All the requisite skill to make steel, glass, or innovative buildings from timber and other materials and an educated workforce to fill our hospitals, schools and houses with technology and the equipment we need.
NEW VENUE Manchester rally with George Galloway and Andy Hudd
After our meeting was advertised broadly last weekend, the venue (The Old Monkey) relented to a campaign to “no platform” the Workers Party and cancelled our meeting. We have had to rearrange the meetingContinue reading “NEW VENUE Manchester rally with George Galloway and Andy Hudd”
Liz Truss gone amid clamour for a general election
After just 44 days it was all over for Liz Truss. Truss had said she was prepared to be unpopular, but she could never have imagined in August her entryContinue reading “Liz Truss gone amid clamour for a general election”
Brighton TUC fringe meeting draws near…
At the TUC Conference in Brighton this September, all the real talk will be happening on the fringe. From 7pm on the evening of Monday 12 September, the Workers Party will be offering three great speakers for the bargain price of £4.89.
Enough is Enough – Break the Link with Labour!
The Workers Party welcomes the emergence of every campaign which genuinely seeks to stand up for working class interests. The five demands of Enough is Enough mirror closely those commitmentsContinue reading “Enough is Enough – Break the Link with Labour!”
Members Voice: Don’t Pay UK smeared me as an anti-semite!
Workers Party member Dr Phil Bevin argues we shouldn’t be putting our trust in the Don’t Pay UK campaign – and he’s certainly got a story to tell. It’s aContinue reading “Members Voice: Don’t Pay UK smeared me as an anti-semite!”
Bus drivers to strike in North West
In a matter of days, Arriva bus drivers in the North West will take to the picket line in the second time in less than five years.
Cost of living crisis as fuel hits record price
It is being widely reported that petrol prices hit a new record over the weekend, reaching 148.02p a litre on average across the UK.