Some 185 cars, vans, buses and lorries stretched down Whitehall past Downing Street as the Convoy to Calais set off this morning.Other vehicles will join the convoy near Dover.
Activists all over Britain are loading vehicles and driving to London today, Friday, to join Saturday’s solidarity convoy to refugees in Calais—in defiance of a state ban.
The murder of Labour MP Jo Cox is not about a 'lone individual'
French authorities have outrageously banned a huge solidarity convoy to Calais at the last minute. Organisers have vowed to defy the clampdown, and call on the British authorities to intervene.
Journalists working at the BBC Parliament channel are striking today, Wednesday, to demand pay parity.
Workers at the University of Sussex are on strike today, Wednesday, demanding equal pay and an end to casual contracts.
At least 49 LGBT+ people have been killed and scores more wounded by a horrific homophobic attack on the Pulse night club in Orlando, United States in the early hours of Sunday.
Tory cuts, tests and academisation threaten schools, but teachers are ready to fight, says Sadie Robinson
Over 1,800 people marched in Chorley last Saturday demanding their local hospital’s accident and emergency (A&E) department is reinstated.
School staff in Durham are taking on a Labour-run council over cuts, report Simon Hall and Raymie Kiernan
Thousands of people joined vigils across Britain for the LGBT+ people killed in the Orlando homophobic massacre last night, Monday.
Thousands of public sector workers will gather at the Unison union’s annual conferences in Brighton from this Sunday. The fight against austerity and dissatisfaction with the union leadership will be key themes.
