We are being robbed by speculators of billions of pounds and the Labour government is driving the getaway car.
Campaigners will descend on parliament on Tuesday of next week to lobby MPs as an inquiry takes place to hear evidence and amendments to the government’s Housing and Regeneration Bill.
Respect supporters in Waltham Forest, east London, have voted to back Carole Vincent in the Leyton ward council by-election scheduled for Thursday 14 February.
Barry Hill, Respect member and candidate for the Preston Tulketh ward, reports a great start to their by-election campaign.
Respect is organising a selection meeting for its candidates for the London Assembly elections that are set for 1 May. The meeting is at 7.30pm, Thursday 31 January, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square (nearest tube Holborn).
Wilts bus workers striking back More than 375 drivers at Wilts and Dorset bus company were set to strike for 24 hours on Wednesday.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has kicked off the new year with a series of campaigns against fire station closures around the country.
Workers across Rolls Royce were dismayed last week at the company’s announcement that it is planning to cut 2,300 jobs from its 40,000 strong global workforce.
Around 350 delegates gathered at the Unison union’s black workers’ conference in Glasgow last week to discuss strategies for winning liberation.
The government has announced a consultation on the funding and provision of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).
Members of the higher education (HE) section of the UCU lecturers’ union will be taking part in a very important ballot from next Monday.
Michael Rosen says resist dictats Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen spoke to over 120 teachers and parents on Wednesday of last week, at a meeting organised by the Wakefield and District NUT teachers’ union.
