I was due in court this week to discover if I would be deported back to Zimbabwe.
The government’s bill clearing the way for compulsory biometric ID cards linked to a national identity database narrowly passed its second reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday night.
Campaigners against the introduction of privately run city academy schools in Islington, north London, sniff the scent of victory. They have uncovered a scandalous conflict of interest at the heart of the bid.
The future of council housing was put under the spotlight last week with the publication of a new report by a cross-party group of MPs.
Two Unison union activists who have been suspended for opposing council house privatisation in Sefton on Merseyside spoke out at the launch of the MPs’ report and made an appeal for solidarity from other trade unionists.
The debates over the CWU postal and telecom union’s relations with the Labour Party continued to run throughout its conference last week.
Bognor Regis postal workers struck for a day last week and planned further action this weekend.
About 200 people packed the Respect meeting with George Galloway MP and John Rees at the CWU union conference last week.
Coventry newspapers Journalists in the NUJ union struck at Coventry Newspapers on Friday of last week as part of their campaign against low pay.
Midland: more to join action Rail workers in the RMT union at Midland Mainline are escalating their dispute over safety. Over 160 on-board customer hosts are to ballot for strike action, joining 150 guards who struck for 24 hours on Friday of last week for the fourth time.
Unite Against Fascism responded to the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in east London last week by calling a 70-strong vigil on Sunday.
A rash of disputes at supermarket depots has shone a light on poor conditions, low pay and management bullying across the industry.
