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The chasm between the hopes of millions of workers for a decent retirement and New Labour’s plans to make us all work longer was laid bare at the TUC conference last week.

Sheffield Socialist Workers Party are saddened at the recent death of Kevin Murphy at the age of 44.

First Eastern buses First Eastern bus drivers in Norfolk and Suffolk started a week-long strike on Thursday of last week over pay and pensions.

Distribution workers at Morrisons depots were set to strike this week, sending shivers down the spines of bosses at the supermarket chain.

About 1,000 workers at Grampian Foods have voted by three to two to strike over pensions.

Actress Julie Christie and musician Brian Eno last week handed in a letter, signed by almost 100 celebrities, academics, musicians, MPs and activists to 10 Downing Street calling for British troops to be brought home from Iraq by the end of the year.

Around 160 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union struck aginst job cuts in Nottingham on Monday. The workers at the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) headquarters are angry about plans to cut 50 posts.

Suffolk fire authority has conceded talks with the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) after a further round of solid strike action against cuts last week.

The North West regional committee of the Unison union has launched an urgent financial appeal for members in the Sefton branch on Merseyside. 

Over 300 people gathered outside the immigration department of the home office in Glasgow last Saturday to protest at the arrest and deportation of families in the city.

A mobilisation by Barrow Unite Against Fascism stopped the British National Party from handing out leaflets in Barrow-in-Furness last Saturday.

To clear the way for proposed legislation threatening prosecution for anyone who "glorifies" or "justifies" terrorism, home secretary Charles Clarke is now burrowing through the history books working out what can be described as "terrorism" and what can be termed a justified rebellion against tyranny.