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‘There is no future for the Scottish Conservative Party in its current form’

Edinburgh councillors have voted for the delayed tram link from Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews Square to go ahead. This is despite the rocketing costs paid to private contractor Bilfinger Berger.

There is a huge wave of occupations in Greek university faculties against the government’s education bill. They began on 24 August and more than 200 are now taking place.

Workers at Burton’s Foods in Blackpool have accepted a 6 percent pay offer after talks.

Some 200 agency workers walked out on strike at Pratt’s Bananas in Luton, Bedfordshire, on Thursday of last week after attacks on their conditions and pay.

Hundreds of engineers who work for Romec and maintain Royal Mail buildings are set to ballot on a deal to end their long-running dispute.

Postal workers celebrated at news that the nursery at Mount Pleasant mail centre has been given a five-month reprieve. Bosses had earlier announced plans to shut it down in November.

Unison members at Middlesex University are balloting for strikes over the threat of 200 compulsory redundancies.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has hit on what he thinks is the answer to the party’s problems—rewriting its constitution.

A leaked UN report found that Israel’s murderous attack on a ship bringing aid to Gaza was unlawful but "justified" in protecting its territory.

Senior officers at private security firm G4S have been slammed for using racist language while deporting people from Britain.

New documents expose years of murderous interventions in Libya by British governments.