Protesters slam cops over policing of fracking protests, tuition fees in shambles, G4S guards face death charge over Jimmy Mubenga
Trade unionists gathered in London on Monday of this week for the funeral of former RMT union leader Bob Crow
The South African metal workers’ union Numsa held a day of action on Wednesday of last week against unemployment.
In-brief stories on books for prisoners, GPs want early retirement due to cuts, new job losses at Royal Mail, and cuts to specialist diabetes nurses
A cap to the welfare budget means more cuts to make up the targets, reports Simon Basketter
Roger Hutt, a Care UK striker, is clear about the Tories’ aims for the health service. “Our society is defined by how we look after the most vulnerable,” he said. “But this lot want to erode our NHS and the welfare state.”
Banners spotted on the Stand up to Racism and Fascism demonstration in London
Defiant Stand Up to Racism and Fascism protests took to the streets across Britain yesterday, Saturday. In London around 7,000 people marched while more than 1,000 protested in Glasgow and another 500 in Cardiff.
Cleaners at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) were on strike today, Friday, in a long-running campaign against their employer, outsourcing giant ISS.
A new parliamentary report has found that the government is “playing into the hands of those who wanted to inflame tensions” over migration.
Three guards who worked for the G4S firm are to be charged with manslaughter over the death of Jimmy Mubenga during a forced deportation at Heathrow Airport in 2010.
Tory chancellor George Osborne declared today, Wednesday, “The message from this budget is this: You've earned it, you've saved it. This government is on your side”. That’s true if you are well off.
