Around 400 pro-choice protesters staged a loud and lively picket of Tory MP Ann Widdecombe’s anti-abortion meeting in London on Wednesday of last week.
A new report argues that the use of Anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) against young people is counterproductive.
Health visitors in east London, who have suffered a 40 percent reduction in numbers since 2000, are warning that unless cuts are reversed the safety of hundreds of children could be compromised.
| Name | party | constituency | ACA claimed 2006-7 | declared rental details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbuthnot, James | Conservative | North East Hampshire | £22,110 | Two flats in London, one providing rental income |
| Barlow, Celia | Labour | Hove | £22,110 | Freehold maisonette and one bed flat in London, from which rental income is received.Freehold house in Witterings from which rental income has been received from January 2007 |
| Baron, John | Conservative | Billericay | £22,110 | Residential rented pro 12 February 2008
Reports round-upPauline Campbell arrested at Styal Prison Dedicated campaigner Pauline Campbell returned to Styal Prison on Tuesday of last week, following another death inside its walls. 12 February 2008
Unite union backs Love Music Hate Racism carnivalUnite, Britain’s largest trade union, has become the latest union to back the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) carnival set to take place on Sunday 27 April in Victoria Park, east London. 12 February 2008
Rally against cuts called at Keele universityUCU union members at Keele university have called a national rally as part of their campaign against proposed cuts which would leave more than half of the academic staff in the school of economic and management studies facing redundancy. 12 February 2008
Strike at Darton High schoolTeachers in the NUT union in Darton High school in Barnsley took part in a one-day strike on Thursday of last week after management decided not to honour an agreement signed with Acas two years ago. 12 February 2008
Voting due to start in crucial NUT ballotBallot papers will go out from 20 February to members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in eight of its 27 districts where places are being contested for the new national executive committee. 12 February 2008
Rolls Royce workers march through LiverpoolAround 400 workers marched through Liverpool last Saturday against plans to close the Rolls Royce plant in Bootle which would mean the loss of over 200 jobs. 12 February 2008
Merseyside Remploy workers strike against job cutsMore than 100 disabled Merseyside workers were on strike last week in a protest over job cuts. 12 February 2008
Bus workers in London push city-wide pay rateLondon bus workers in the Unite union are pushing for a city-wide pay rate across all companies and a schedules charter to regulate breaks and working time. 12 February 2008
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