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I hadn’t intended to respond to Laurie Penny’s reply (A response to Alex Callinicos) to my piece on Comment is Free (Student demonstrators can't do it on their own), which in turn was a response to her original Guardian article, which appeared on Christmas Eve (Out with the old politics). But there has been such a flurry of criticism and support all over Fa

Defiant and angry young people in Rotherham occupied their youth centre against cuts in the service for three hours last night (Thursday).

Two youth centres in Rotherham were occupied this evening (Thursday) against cuts in youth services.

A strike by workers across the Birmingham Connexions service, which assists young and vulnerable people to access work and training opportunities, was called off at the last minute today.

Unison members working across the Hesley Group of schools in Doncaster have voted by 96 percent for industrial action, and by 84 percent for a strike.

Kids not cuts! That was the fighting message from striking teachers who started three days of strikes yesterday (Wednesday) over "savage" job cuts.

Housing campaigners have called a mass lobby of parliament over cuts to housing benefit, plans for new fixed term tenancies and hikes in rents.

The British government has been training a Bangladeshi paramilitary death squad, leaked US embassy cables have revealed.

A survey by the NUT union has shown that three quarters of parents questioned don’t want so-called "free schools".

At least half a million people have been wrongly denied incapacity benefit over the last 15 years.

Top civil servants are drawing up legislation that will hand control of up to 80 percent of the NHS budget to GPs.

Union leaders are talking up the possibility of strikes to defend postal workers’ jobs, pensions and conditions as Tory plans to privatise Royal Mail gather pace.