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Make no mistake: the new trade union bill is a deeply intolerant tirade against working people and the labour movement. Ignore the bland ministerial statements and read the damn thing – it is deliberately designed to outlaw most strikes and other forms of legitimate...

The Greek deal is a bad one. We really need to understand how serious the situation is. By 'we' I mean committed pro-Europeans: people, like me, who strongly believe Britain's place is at the heart of the European Union. Let us think about what happened in Greece, and...

The unemployment figures are finally heading in the right direction – but beneath the headlines there is an inconvenient truth: long-term unemployment is here to stay. It may have fallen as the economy has recovered, but whether in growth or recession there remains a...

Sadly, the current row about what Labour will and will not oppose from the Tory budget is pretty irrelevant in terms of actually helping the people who will be affected by the change. However we vote, the Conservatives will pass their budget and their welfare bill...