The example of one London borough shows how poverty, police racism and a lack of opportunities affect young people.
Tory MP Nadine Dorries’s private members’ bill on sex education was due to have its second reading this Friday.
Hundreds of electricians protested last week against a planned working agreement that could see their wages cut by about 35 percent.
Voting is underway in a by-election for a seat on Unison’s national executive council.
Last night, Monday, Bernard Hogan-Howe the Metropolitan Police Commissioner spoke on ‘Total Policing: The future of Policing in London’ at the London School of Economics (LSE).
The government last week approved the construction of a £33 billion high speed rail link between London and cities in the north of England.
Oil tanker drivers are set to strike at three major oil terminals against attacks on their terms and conditions.
Some 200 residents of Balcombe, West Sussex, met on Wednesday of last week to oppose shale gas drilling.
The RMT union has called two further 24-hour strikes at the West of Scotland rail signalling centre in Glasgow.
Some 2,000 Edinburgh city council staff could see their jobs transferred to private contractors under council plans.
The Unison union is set to ballot Cheshire West and Chester council workers for strikes over cuts to overtime pay and allowances for weekend and shift work.
School janitors in Renfrewshire struck on Wednesday last week over working conditions.
