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The South African mass public sector workers’ strike ended last week with much improved pay rises for over a million workers.

Why is the world becoming so prone to "natural" disasters? The recent floods in Britain have been blamed on "freak weather – a once in a lifetime incident – an act of god!"

When Gordon Brown became prime minister he pledged to be an inclusive leader.

Three unions – Unison, the GMB and the T&G section of Unite – have called a national lobby of parliament for Tuesday of next week to demand full funding for local government to pay single status deals.

The Unite union, a merger of the T&G and Amicus, has called a lobby of the Labour Party conference. It will take place on Sunday 23 September in Bournemouth at 1pm.

Prior to his elevation to the premiership, Gordon Brown’s advisers repeatedly claimed he would unveil a "big initiative" on housing.

The government’s claim to have improved the NHS with "record investment" looked hollow last week, as it was revealed that the budget for new hospitals and equipment has been underspent by a third.

Sir Digby Jones, the former director of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), is to be made a Lord and given a job as a trade minister in Gordon Brown’s government of "all the talents".

The mother of a soldier from Gordon Brown’s Fife constituency has called on the new prime minister to bring the troops home.

Following the failed bomb attempts at Glasgow airport and in central London last week, lurid headlines speak of a doctors' plot to bomb Britain. Armed police sealed off airports and the City of London.