Up to 140 of London’s 1,400 general practitioner (GP) surgeries face the threat of closure during the next three years, local health committees have warned.
Press and pundits focused on George Osborne’s minimum wage rise but missed the real story of the budget—the biggest assault on working class living standards for a generation. Nick Clark examines the budget
The RMT union suspended a strike by CalMac and Argyll Ferries workers planned for Friday of last week.
Workers at Bradford College struck against compulsory redundancies on Thursday of last week. It was the second strike by the UCU union members.
The Unite union changed its constitution to allow civil disobedience in a vote at its rules conference in Brighton on Wednesday of last week.
More than 24,000 people have signed a petition calling for the reinstatement of four sacked workers who worked for subcontractor Servest at Sotheby’s in central London.
An indicative ballot of workers at Doncaster Council in the Unison, Unite and GMB unions has moved them closer to industrial action.
Strikes against Tory privatisation at two London councils grew in strength as council workers walked out on Wednesday of last week.
Over 2,700 people gathered in central London for the Marxism 2015 festival last weekend. They included striking workers, students, campaigners and socialists from across the globe.
Interim Labour leader Harriet Harman’s announcement that the party will not oppose the Tories’ latest attacks on welfare signals a further lurch to the right.
An inquiry into child sex abuse in public institutions opened last week.
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