The average household debt is now £8,000. A report says that despite people making cutbacks and spending less, debts continue to rise.
Train bosses were forced into a climbdown last week when it was revealed they were poised to get six-figure bonus payments.
Anti-fascists took to the streets of Leicester today (Saturday) to make a stand against the racist English Defence League (EDL).
Children led a march last Saturday against plans to force their schools to become academies. Up to 1,000 people including parents and teachers joined the demonstration through Haringey in north London.
A profit-making company will run a Suffolk school on a ten year contract worth £21 million.
Education secretary Michael Gove used the latest school league table results to accelerate his drive to privatise schools. But his figures don’t add up.
Stagecoach bus drivers in Barnsley and Rawmarsh have stepped up their fight to improve their wages. They plan strikes on alternating days next week.
The Unite union in London has launched a campaign to win £500 bonus payments for its bus drivers to cover the Olympics period.
Cleaners in the RMT union on the Channel Tunnel rail network have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over pay.
Around 100 people joined a picket line at Montgomery Primary School in Birmingham on Wednesday of last week.
Activists gathered in central London last Saturday to discuss the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) campaign for this year’s local elections.
Remploy workers in the Unite and GMB unions struck in Glasgow and Chesterfield on Thursday of last week. They are fighting what they call the "semi-privatisation" of their factories.
