Some 150 workers at One Housing Group were set to strike from Wednesday to Friday this week. They are members of the Unite union.
Over 1,000 people attended Edinburgh’s LGBT Pride march and rally last Saturday
Royal mail workers in Somerset have voted to strike for better pay and conditions
A police officer giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Smiley Culture said the singer used a kitchen knife to stab himself.
More than 20 students at Warwick university in Coventry occupied the university’s Senate House yesterday, Friday. This morning saw the inaugural meeting of the Protect the Public University campaign inside the indefinite occupation.
Today some 300 Brighton bin workers employed by Cityclean started a week long strike against a pay assault led by Green Party Council leader Jason Kitcat and council chief executive Penny Thompson.
Campaigners are set to rally against the bedroom tax in Birmingham tomorrow, Saturday, in memory of Stephanie Bottrill from nearby Solihull, who committed suicide last month after her benefits were cut.
The government’s hated bedroom tax came into force on 1 April. But the policy—and the Tories’ thin justifications for it—are already starting to fall apart, writes Dave Sewell
Birmingham Benefit Justice Campaign has called a demonstration against the bedroom tax in Birmingham on Saturday of this week.
The government will stop accepting claims for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) this week.
The new Universal Credit benefit could include a mechanism for landlords to chase up rent arrears.
