Plymouth Unison union branch secretary and leading activist in the area Tony Staunton has appealed against the outrageous decision to bar him from the national executive elections.
The elections last week to the Northern Ireland Assembly, produced gains for the anti-Catholic Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Republican Sinn Fein party.
In the US they are calling it "surge creep". George Bush plans to boost the number of US troops in his "surge on Baghdad" to 30,000 – up from the 21,500 announced earlier this year.
Three women still due to be hanged in ‘free’ Iraq
On the fourth anniversary of the start of the war on Iraq, the Stop the War Coalition is holding "the debate that parliament won’t have".
In the same week that the big five banks announced profits of £40 billion, the government released a report that targeted lone parents and disabled people as the main problems in society.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in towns and cities across Britain in defence of the NHS last Saturday.
The sight of a queue of around 1,000 students and lecturers winding its way around the houses of parliament greeted MPs on Wednesday morning of last week.
More than a million NHS staff and others working in the public sector are facing a pay cut in real terms after chancellor Gordon Brown decided to implement their pay review body recommendations in two stages.
Over 300 workers at Manchester’s mental health and social care trust have won a victory against their bosses following a campaign that included strike action.
