Len McCluskey: Britain at a Crossroads
Brothers and Sisters First of all let me congratulate CLASS and its Director Faiza Shaheen on this great conference today. Unite is proud of the part it played in establishing…
There are some things too important to be left to the market
The text below is the opening keynote speech given by Unite the Union General Secretary, Len McCluskey, at Class’s first national conference on 2 November, 2020 at Congress House. Please…
Tax credit cuts and the Living Wage: Do the numbers stack up?
In July’s Summer Budget, George Osborne announced two big cuts to work incentives in tax credits and the impacts of these changes are being discussed at the Conservative Party Conference…
Why Britain needs to end hunger fast
The use of food banks in the UK is rising. New statistics from Trussell Trust reveal that between April and December 2020, food banks fed over 600,000 people – which…
Remembering Industrial Deaths
One day in 1906, a 26 year-old father-to-be, working as a groom on a farm in a mining area, entered the lower floor of a barn that was used for…
Britain Will Fail to Reduce Poverty Until It Tackles Inequality
Stewart Lansley looks at poverty in the UK and how it has always been inextricably linked with inequality. Poverty and inequality are critically linked. Poverty occurs when sections of society…
4 Reasons Grammar Schools are a Bad Idea
On Saturday it was reported that Theresa May is intending to lift the ban on grammar schools. This is concerning because the evidence is clear that grammar schools do not…
It’s time to change the debate on migration
Immigration is one of the topics that dominated the 2022 General Election. When the first edition of Why immigration is good for all of us was released last year, the…
The Stakes: Immigration
Where are we at? There are two distinct but intertwining factors to consider when looking at immigration: 1) rhetoric on migration, and 2) policies and migrants’ rights. We mustn’t be…
Day 2: International students
Barriers to studying in the UK for international students In 2021-2022, 436,585 international students came to the UK to study a first degree, and the UK is the second most…
PCS Call For Radical Reform of Social Security
Our social security system requires radical transformation. For over forty years there has been a concerted attempt by governments of all colours to attack the welfare state, the principles that…