It’s hard times for sick and disabled people
Social Security rules are forcing genuinely ill people off disability benefits using so-called "medical services".
There are no ‘kind’ cuts
As an admin worker at the London Fire Brigade, I am deeply angered by the threats of huge cuts in public services being made by all the main political parties. Politicians are focusing on attacks on so-called "back office" jobs like mine.
Gordon Brown’s tragic hypocrisy
Gordon Brown has confirmed that Britain will support compensation claims being made against Libya by the families of IRA victims.
Labour’s barbaric policy of detaining children
Official confirmation came this week that 470 children have been detained in immigration centres in the first half of 2009.
Delivering solidarity to striking postal workers
Myself and other officers from our student union joined postal workers from Stoke on Trent on their picket line last week. We did so because we realise that students and workers share the same enemy.
Solidarity will win the Vestas workers’ fight
When Luke, partner to my daughter Hannah, started a sit-in with his co-workers at Vestas, I was awe-struck by the show of solidarity locally, nationally and from around the world.
