The number of billionaires living in Britain has risen to more than 100 for the first time.
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates and their supporters have been out campaigning in over 500 council wards across Britain.
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A Ukip rally in London turned into chaos on Wednesday evening as speeches attacking migrants were disrupted by anti-racist protesters.
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Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, was arrested last week.
Workers at Lambeth College in south London held a defiant strike on Thursday of last week against hated contracts imposed by bosses.
A 12-hour strike by residential care workers in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, set for Tuesday this week has been called off. A 24-hour strike has been called in its place from 7pm on Tuesday of next week.
The postal and finance and telecoms sectors in the CWU union both held their conferences in Bournemouth from Tuesday to Thursday of last week. The postal conference was the first since Royal Mail was privatised last year. It showed signs that workers already face serious problems.
UCU union members in higher education have accepted a below inflation pay rise of 2 percent—a cut in real terms. Elections for the union president is underway. And support grows for sacked staff in Glasgow.
Firefighters across England and Wales walked out on strike on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week to defend their pensions.
Trade union support is increasing for the South Yorkshire Freedom Ride campaigners.
