Both the Labour government and the Tories are holding out the carrot of tax cuts, and promising these will be targeted at those most in need.
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London bus workers in the Unite union were set to take their campaign to City Hall on Wednesday of this week.
Last week saw a serious setback for the movement to challenge Gordon Brown’s public sector pay limits as the leaderships of two big unions decided against calling nationwide strike action that their members had voted for.
Campaigners fear that the government is preparing to hand the running of a bank account used by four million pensioners and other claimants to a private firm.
Scores of Labour MPs who are funded by trade unions voted against legislation aimed at easing the Tory anti-union laws last week.
Rising job losses are again stalking one of the areas hardest hit in the recessions of the 1930s and 1980s.
Legal aid, a crucial service that thousands of ordinary people rely on, is coming under attack.
Students will march on the government’s department for innovation and skills on Friday of this week to protest against the massive budget shortfall in higher education.
The GMB, Unite and Community unions have launched an initiative to save jobs and services in York.
Supporters of the People Before Profit Charter, which puts forward ten demands to improve the lives of working people in the face of economic turmoil, are mobilising for a number of important events.
