The leader of Renfrewshire Council in Scotland says he will suspend plans to replace teachers with unqualified part-time staff in primary schools.
NUT union members took to the picket lines on Wednesday of last week in protest at plans to transform their school into an academy.
The TUC national demonstration against cuts on 26 March was the clear focus at Unison women’s conference last week.
Over 150 delegates from universities across Britain met in Harrogate last week at the Unison union’s higher education conference.
The revolts sweeping the Middle East have burst like thunder storms across a region long considered beyond change, carried by people long considered incapable of fighting back.
Tyrants across the world are brutally repressing the people they rule—and David Cameron is helping them.
Thousands of students were set to march and rally across Britain this Thursday as they hit the streets for "Day X4".
Council Workers in Nottinghamshire were set to be the first to walk out against the cuts this week.
Nine years on from the Potters Bar rail crash, which killed seven people, Network Rail has finally admitted health and safety failures—but still no one will be prosecuted for the disaster.
Bahrain: assault rifles, tear gas, ammunition, aircraft partsEgypt: bombs, missiles, body armourLibya: ammunition, tear gas, crowd control equipmentYemen: body armour, ammunitionAlgeria: combat helicoptersTunisia: gun parts Kuwait: military software, anti-riot shieldsMorocco: bomb partsSyria: ammunitionLebanon: body armour, shotgunsJordan: armoured vehicles, gun parts, gas mask filtersUnited
Most ordinary people, after watching the bloody scenes on their TV screens this week, would want as much distance between themselves and the king of Bahrain as possible.
In between attempts to gun down protesters, the king of Bahrain has employed the international public relations firm Bell Pottinger to manage the country’s image.
