Spin doctors in Ruth Kelly’s department for communities and local government went into overdrive last week to suggest that a report by Professor John Hills would back their plans for an attack on the principles of council housing.
A recent report looking at newly built homes found that a startling 40 percent were of a poor standard and that just 8 percent of the developments could be classed as good or very good. Why is it that in the 21st century we still do not have decent homes?
100,000 people marched on the Stop the War Coalition and CND 'Troops Out Now – No Trident Replacement' demonstration against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The demonstration was in London on Saturday 24 February 2007.
The points on the railway in Cumbria where a Virgin Trains train derailed on Friday of last week were faulty.
Some 70 traffic enforcement workers across Enfield in north London in the GMB union went on strike for three days last week in their dispute with National Car Parks (NCP).
There are just days left in the election for the UCU lecturers’ union general secretary and national executive.
Talks between the Amicus union and Fujitsu management last week to settle the long-running dispute at IT-services giant Fujitsu appear to have borne little fruit.
Activists in the PCS civil service workers’ union are organising to make Tuesday 1 May the next national strike in their dispute over 104,000 job cuts, pay and privatisation.
Some 4,500 workers in the GMB union at British Airways (BA) are set to ballot for industrial action over pensions after talks collapsed between the union and management.
Attempts to silence supporters of leading Unison union and NHS activist Yunus Bakhsh took a new turn last week.
The battle to prevent Newham’s Labour council from pushing through vicious attacks on working conditions continues.
I urge every reader to be part of the protests in defence of the NHS this Saturday. The marches, rallies and stunts taking place must mark the beginning of a tidal wave of action that can shake the government.
