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The NHS will be forced to slash vital hospital services, including accident & emergency and maternity units—and that’s according to one of its top bosses.

Ed Miliband used his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference on Tuesday to justify the anti-union laws and the sell-off of council housing.

Union leaders are giving workers the go-ahead to use "any means necessary" to win a massive strike vote in the battle for public sector pensions.

Grim economic context of Gleision mine disaster Here in South Wales we thought the destruction of the coal industry would have at least one beneficial effect. No longer would families have to endure the agonising wait to find out if their loved ones underground were alive or dead.

At times it can seem as if everyone is against strikes. The main political parties typically attack strikers for being "irresponsible". And even trade union leaders who are leading strikes take care to stress that "no one wants to strike".

NHS privatisation fears have also been raised in Surrey.

Campaigners in Stroud, Gloucestershire, are threatening legal action to stop the transfer of NHS services to an unaccountable "community interest company".

Campaigners have vowed to fight until the very last moment to stop the Tory health and social care bill.

Bosses at Wyndeham Impact printers in Basingstoke have said they will shut the factory—because they want even larger profits.

Journalists in Warrington have called a 48-hour strike against Newsquest bosses’ attacks on their jobs and pay.

Unite’s London construction branch has unanimously passed a motion on the dispute.

Electricians’ protests against building bosses’ attacks on wages are escalating in scale and militancy.