Signs of a growing economic panic in Britain were clearly visible last week as British hedge fund Peloton collapsed.
The New Labour government is on course to miss its target of halving the number of children in poverty by 2010 according to a committee of MPs.
Firefighters in Merseyside are preparing an electoral challenge to New Labour councillors who back cuts in public services, say officials in the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).
Five senior GMB union officials have resigned from the Labour Party over the "despicable betrayal" of disabled workers at Remploy factories, who are facing redundancy.
Members of the UCU union in higher education have voted to reject proposed changes to national negotiating structures. Some 61 percent voted no and 39 percent voted yes on a turnout of 27 percent.
Signal that the strike is growing Rail signal workers in the RMT union are stepping up their fight against the possible redundancy of a manager.
Station staff on London Underground’s Bakerloo Line struck for the seventh time last Sunday.
University of London students and alumni gathered at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies on Thursday of last week to protest against the decision to deport London graduate Guy Njike to Cameroon where he could face torture.
Anti-fascist activists will be discussing the fight against the Nazi BNP at the Unite Against Fascism (UAF) national conference, which is due to take place this Saturday 1 March at the TUC Congress House in central London.
There was further evidence this week of the pressure that the Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland mental health NHS trust is putting upon leading union activist Yunus Bakhsh.
Victimised union rep Eddie Fleming was set to be re-elected as chair of the PCS civil service workers’ union Child Support Agency Hastings branch this week.
