Last week saw a string of defeats for the government's Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill in the House of Lords. A combination of Labour, Lib Dem, crossbench peers and bishops vote in support of amendments that neutered the worst bits of this terrible legislation,
Glib narratives about 1970s levels of public spending are a distraction - more government investment is the best way to deliver for working class families.
Outsourcing giant Carillion's collapse symbolised the bankruptcy of the privatisation dogma - we need a new Domesday Book to make public service contracts transparent
The collapse poses a very real threat to the jobs, pensions and livelihoods of thousands of workers in construction and support services across the public and private sector.