Jean Shaoul on the collapse of Metronet – another failed experiment with privatisation – and Ken Livingstone’s role in the whole process.

The scandal over allegations of BAe Systems, Europe’s biggest weapons manufacturer, and the British government’s corrupt dealings with the Saudi ruling clique promises to haunt the new prime minister, Gordon Brown, writes Jean Shaoul, despite his predecessor Tony Blair’s best efforts to contain it.

Jean Shaoul on the Department of Health’s attempt to suppress the facts about the Private Finance Initiative.

A report by the Halifax building society provides a glimpse of the desperate situation facing millions of workers and their families in Britain today in their search for affordable housing says Jean Shaoul.

Freed British sailors allege torture by Iran: Why do the media ask no questions?

One of Britain’s richest men warned recently that the gap between rich and poor is now so deep that it threatens to provoke “violent reaction” in society – but is unwilling to sanction government measures to deal with it, writes Jean Shaoul.

The scale of the Farepak scandal and its wider ramifications are only just beginning to emerge, and the estimates of those affected have soared.

Labour government proposes punitive welfare reforms…

Debt and social misery – the flipside of Britain’s financial services boom…

Conclusion of the two-part series examining Lord Turner’s proposals for reforming Britain’s pensions.

First of a two-part series examining Lord Turner’s proposals for reforming Britain’s pensions.

Railtrack shareholders flex their muscles against government.

A lobbyist dispute exposes the undemocratic character of the EU, and its role as a piggy bank for big business’s self-enrichment and a front to prosecute an offensive against the working class.

Social mobility is lower in the US and Britain than in other advanced countries.