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Open Letter To Andy Burnham - Stephen Morris

Dear Andy, England has a proud history of building successful businesses, skilled workforces and world-class industries. Yet too often, profitable companies serving customers in England are ...
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England for sale: British Government Fails to Protect our Industries Pt.1

For many workers across England, the story of Cadbury remains a bitter one. Founded in Birmingham in 1824, Cadbury was more than a chocolate company. It was an English institution. Generations of ...
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Kier Starmer Quits. England Pays the Price of Westminster Chaos.

Who Speaks for England When Prime Ministers Come and Go? Members need to know why England is impacted more by Westminster instability than the other nations of the UK The resignation of Sir Keir ...
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The Great Social Media Ban: Will It Protect Children?

Will The UK Repeat Australia's Mistakes and introduce Digital ID through the backdoor or drive children to the unregulated Dark web? It is often associated with illegal activities, such as marketp...
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England's Student Debt Burden in 2026

Why Graduates in England Feel the System Is Not Fair For many young people in England, higher education was sold as an investment in their future. Students were encouraged to take on significant d...
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Keir Starmer's Sentencing Contradiction: Architect or Outraged Bystander?

You Can't Write the Rules and Then Blame the Referee. Stephen Morris, General Secretary of the Workers of England Union, said: "The Workers of England Union is an independent Trade Union and we h...
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Investing in Education is Investing in England’s Future - Pt.2

The debate over school funding in England is often framed purely as a cost to taxpayers. However, economic evidence increasingly shows that investment in education delivers long-term benefits for ...
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England’s Working Poor: Why the British Government Is Failing Families in England Pt.2

England is now facing a national disgrace created by consecutive British Governments. Working families are falling into poverty at rates normally associated with far weaker economies. [Read Part 1...
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Work Is No Longer Enough: The New Face of Child Poverty in England - Pt 1.

For generations, working people across England and Britain were sold a simple promise: - work hard, play by the rules, and your family would stay above the poverty line. That promise is collapsing....
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Why England cannot afford to become entirely dependent upon judges alone.

The horrifying Hampshire rape case, where teenage boys convicted of raping young girls escaped immediate custody, has reignited a debate that reaches far beyond sentencing. At the heart of the publ...
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