The crisis in the Labour government has opened up the issue of the privatisation of Royal Mail. While the opposition to the plan – which would see thousands of jobs lost – is growing. Labour seems determined to push ahead.
More than half of workers killed in construction last year were self-employed or worked for a company which employs five people or fewer, according to a new report.
What goes on in primary schools is an intensely political matter. Two important things happened last week that highlight this fact.
Four British Tamils began a new hunger strike on Friday of last week as part of the ongoing demonstration against the Sri Lankan government’s assault on the Tamils.
Anti-fascists were out in force over the May Day bank holiday weekend campaigning to stop the British National Party (BNP) from grabbing seats in the European elections on 4 June.
There are just three weeks to go until the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) festival in Stoke on Saturday 30 May.
Gordon Brown’s future as prime minister was again thrown into question last week as current and former cabinet ministers attacked him.
The Metropolitan Police Authority is under growing pressure over its operation around the G20 protests and the death of Ian Tomlinson shortly after he was pushed and assaulted by police in central London on 1 April.
Shocking statistics released by the home office last week revealed just how far stop and search is systematically used against black and Asian people.
Samantha Rigg-David’s brother Sean Rigg died in police custody in Brixton, south London, on 21 August 2008.
Rob Williams, Unite union convenor at the Linamar (ex-Visteon) plant in Swansea, south Wales, is continuing to fight against his sacking, which took place on Tuesday of last week.
