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Up to 500,000 health workers struck for four hours across England today, Monday.

NHS workers in nine different unions across England walked out on strike from 7am to 11am this morning, Monday.

Now there is no doubt. We have to take the threat of Ukip very seriously and the left has to get its act together. We need more resistance to Ukip and austerity, and a united left.

Workers in the Unite union struck for four days this week at Ministry of Defence bases around Britain. They work for the Defence Support Group, repairing and maintaining military equipment.

Defence Support Group (DSG) workers took their fourth consecutive day of strikes today, Thursday, demanding an 8 percent pay rise.

Thousands of students marched on parliament to demand free education today, Wednesday, on a noisy demonstration against fees and cuts.

One in four rapes goes unrecorded by police in England and Wales, an investigation into crime figures has suggested.

Did a Tory MP murder a young boy during an “abuse party” in the 1980s? A victim of sexual abuse, who claims to know of three murders linked to an establishment child sex abuse ring, has made the shocking allegations.

Only 62 percent of jobs full time | Charity probes target Muslims | Council passes boycott motion

Shift work is putting the health of millions of people in danger with regular reports detailing the risks. Raymie Kiernan spoke to workers whose body clocks are driven haywire by relentless rotas

The film of The Imitation Game describes Alan Turing’s struggle against the British state to break a code and conceal his sexuality, writes Nick Clark

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