The chair of a Greater Manchester primary care trust (PCT) resigned in protest at the government’s plans for the NHS last weekend.
The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) took a major step last weekend towards resolving the internal crisis that has wracked the party over recent months.
A public inquiry into a racist murder at Feltham young offender institute, has highlighted a lack of accountability for the killing and has named officials from the institute who were subsequently promoted.
Thousands of workers are in a battle for union rights with the world’s largest retailer. The dispute pits a multinational firm against low paid workers and their union. The workers deserve the backing of everyone who is sick of the domination of food supply by huge corporations.
Royal Mail workers across Britain are to vote on strikes to defend basic union rights and to stand up against dictatorship in the workplace.
Members of Britain’s biggest public sector union have challenged their leadership’s stance on pensions negotiations, and came within a narrow margin of reigniting strike action to press their claim.
Royal Mail workers across Britain will start a national strike ballot soon, unless there is a last minute climbdown by management.
Some 5,000 people, one in eight of the local population, rallied in People’s Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire, last Sunday in defence of the Horton General hospital.
Supporters of the Sukula Family Must Stay campaign held a rally in Bolton last Saturday. Around 40 people gathered in the Town Hall Square holding a huge banner which read "Sukula Family Must Stay. No Deportations".
A planned 48 hour strike by firefighters in Hertfordshire, which was due to start at 6pm on Thursday of last week, was called off at the last minute in order for union negotiators to consult with branches over the latest offer from employers.
Campaigners in Shetland have said they are "cautiously optimistic" with regards to the bail hearing of a young Shetland man of Thai origin who is threatened with deportation.
Romanian refugee Adrian Stan would have been dumped on a plane to Bucharest were it not for the action of local campaigners.
