HSBC has slashed 46,000 jobs and plans to cut a further 14,000—despite half-year profits rising 10 percent to £9.2 billion.
Families of 20 of 300 people killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland are suing chief constable Matt Baggott, head of the Historic Enquiries Team.
A million workers or more are on zero hours contracts. The contracts are designed to hold down workers’ wages, denying them holiday pay, sick pay and pensions. And they leave them unsure if they will work no hours or 50 hours in a week.
Health workers in Leeds and Bradford began a two-day strike today, Thursday, over cost-cutting and changes to their work patterns. The walkout follows a one-day strike last month.
Some 500 postal reps in the CWU union voted unanimously today, Thursday, to hold a national strike ballot over privatisation and pensions.
An elated crowd rallied outside Lewisham Hospital in south east London this evening, Wednesday, to celebrate a court victory against the Tories.
Locals gathered to stand up to shale gas giant Cuadrilla, reports Dave Sewell
Fracking firms will pay just 30 percent tax on future shale production.
News of the growing crisis in Britain’s A&E units finally found its way into parliament last week.
Health workers and campaigners in east London are angry that Barts Health Trust has launched an attack on Charlotte Monro.
The TUC has thrown its weight behind a demonstration to save the NHS at the Tory party conference on 29 September.
