Three men went on hunger strike and camped outside Camden Town Hall in north London for three days last week. They were protesting because housing benefit cuts had made them homeless.
Waltham Forest has sent a message of defiance to the racist English Defence League (EDL), which plans to march in the east London borough next month.
It will be a hungry summer for billions around the world as global food prices head to an all-time high. The prices of corn, wheat and soy have surged by 30 to 50 percent.
Phone hacking: Brooks charged Police have formally charged ex-News International boss Rebekah Brooks with a series of offences related to phone hacking. Six others journalists from the News of the World, including David Cameron’s former aide Andy Coulson, have also been charged.
Years of economic crisis have pushed ordinary people around the world into poverty and despair. But bankers have seen their wealth soar.
Hundreds of thousands more disabled people will face humiliating assessments that could see their benefits snatched away.
The fight to save jobs at Remploy has suffered a setback—but disabled workers’ battle against the Tories and Remploy management continues.
The shocking case of Abdul Musa, an Asian worker sacked by Royal Mail after he complained about racism at his office, was highlighted again last week.
Health bosses are plotting to privatise a London hospital ward where elderly patients with mental health problems are cared for.
Construction bosses are trying to turn back the gains made by rank and file electricians.
Members of the local government pension scheme (LGPS) are voting on a deal that could end their dispute. Many on the left in the Unison union are coming under pressure to keep quiet about how bad the deal is.
Billionaire tax dodger Philip Green, holidaying on the Greek island of Skiathos, found his multimillion pound yacht picketed last week.
