Tag Archives: New Labour
Universities forced to spy on students
New legislation is a step further in criminalising overseas students The outgoing Labour government came under fire from a coalition of universities for sweeping immigration changes effecting foreign (non-EU) students and the universities they study at. The new rules were announced only two weeks before coming into effect on 6 April, the day Brown officially [...]
Bad News For Students and Workers
There has been growing opposition to Peter Mandelson’s plans to slash funding for universities. In a letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) late in December, Mandelson, himself a beneficiary of a free Oxford education, announced cuts totalling £398 million. Earlier in the year Mandelson told universities that they would have to [...]
Dismantling the Welfare state
New Labour’s new vision of a privatised benefits service New Labour took another step in dismantling the welfare state with the passing of the controversial Welfare Reform bill into law in what campaign groups are calling an all out assault on the poor, vulnerable and most needy. The bill, which sets out changes to the [...]
Care in the Consultancy: How New Labour private enterprise is stitching up the NHS
The crisis in the National Health Service reaches new and absurd heights as global management consultancy firm McKinsey and Company was recently employed by the government to advise on reducing the huge budget needed to maintain the health service. McKinsey, who charge up to £1,000 a day for their services, published its report with the [...]
FBU Severs Link With Labour
The trade unions start to break with New Labour, but that’s not enough, argues Iain McKay The Labour leadership lost the support of another union recently when the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) severed its 85 year link with the party. Intense anger at the government’s treatment of them during the recent nine-month dispute resulted in [...]
UK Inequality Rising
Inequality is at the highest level for forty years. Inequality rose by 40% between 1979 and 2001, with almost half caused by cuts the Tories made to benefits and top rates of tax in the 1980s. The pay gap between men and women stands at 40%. The poor are getting poorer, with the number of [...]
