Respect campaigners gained creditable results in two council by-elections in Waltham Forest, east London, and Preston on Thursday of last week.
Supporters of former Guantanamo prisoners Omar Deghayes and Jamil el-Banna protested outside their hearing on Thursday of last week. The Spanish government is trying to extradite them on terror charges. Both men have suffered severely in Guantanamo Bay and their supporters say they are medically unfit to stand trial
A report by the Competition Commission last week helped highlight the power of the major supermarkets, but offered little to challenge their domination.
The government is set to announce the development of ten new "eco-towns", which it says will help fight the danger of climate chaos.
As recession looms and Gordon Brown continues to put his faith in the "free market", hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing their homes.
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling’s decision to nationalise the struggling Northern Rock bank last weekend ensures the government’s humiliation over the issue is almost complete.
London Midland pensions fight Train drivers in the Aslef union at the Bletchley depot of London Midland are set to strike on Thursday and Friday of next week after the breakdown of talks over pensions.
Further education lecturers in the UCU union have launched a new campaign – Our Schools, Our Colleges, Our Communities, Our Unions.
UCU union members are currently being balloted over new national negotiating structures in the higher education sector. The ballot ends on Monday of next week.
Lecturers at Keele University have voted for a one day strike on Thursday of this week over job cuts and restructuring.
Over 140 workers at leisure centres in Wigan are set to strike over changes to pay.
Postal workers in Oakham, Leicestershire, walked out in defence of a sacked colleague on Wednesday of last week and are now set to ballot for official strike action.
