Climate campaigners gathered in London and Edinburgh yesterday (Saturday) to wave off the Caravan for a Million Climate Jobs on its tour of Britain.
The vote by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) national executive not to call a national strike on pensions in June was a missed opportunity.
Prison officers across Britain are taking unofficial action over pensions today, Thursday, walking out on the same day as the public sector strikes.
News from Thursday's strike by members of the PCS, UCU, Unite, RMT and Nipsa unions
The Olympics and the queen’s diamond jubilee mean that union jack flags are everywhere in Britain.
The Tories are worried about the evidence that was due to be produced this week at the Leveson inquiry. They have demanded that senior ministers be allowed to see evidence from Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson in advance.
Two student protesters accused of pulling a police officer off his horse were found not guilty last Friday.
It’s a Marie Antoinette moment for the jubilee as we learn it will feature a cake portrait of the queen—made up of 3,120 individual cakes.
The private firm that built Guantanamo Bay detention camp is shortlisted for a £1.5 billion contract to run many key police services in Surrey and the West Midlands.
Brian Coleman was the highest paid Tory councillor in Britain, pocketing nearly £130,000 a year from four "jobs"But he lost his seat in the London Assembly elections—and will now likely lose up to £90,000Still, at least he’ll keep £40,000 as a cabinet member at Barnet council
Michael Lavalette won an stunning victory in Preston’s council elections. He stood as an independent socialist candidate and took his Town Centre ward seat back from Labour.
Two candidates backed by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) won their seats in the council elections.
