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Prison officers across Britain have held meetings over the Tory government’s controversial plans to privatise jails.

MPs on the Commons Committees on Arms Exports Controls this week detailed the licences given to British firms to arm countries in North Africa and the Middle East.

The British government has admitted holding 1,500 secret files on its role in the brutal suppression of Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s.

The British Film Institute’s Lesbian and Gay Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Cabin crew at British Airways (BA) have voted by more than 83 percent for strikes.

More than one million workers have the chance to vote in elections for the national executive of Unite, Britain’s biggest union.

The biggest trade union demonstration Britain has ever seen took place last Saturday. It was an incredible sight. Well over half a million people marched. Banners, placards and balloons filled the streets.

Curbs on wages and high inflation means that the average British worker takes home £1,088 less in real terms than two years ago.

Bahraini students who study in Britain have had their scholarships and financial support revoked by their government.

At 2.20 yesterday morning, Bahraini and Saudi forces raided 20-year old Sayed Mahmood Shuber’s home in Jidali in Bahrain. They pointed guns at the heads of his family and abducted him. They beat him. He has now disappeared.

The Tories’ attack on women is a big mistake In Huddersfield, like many towns and cities across Britain, we are facing the biggest cuts in public spending for generations.

A strike ballot of cabin crew at British Airways ends on Monday of next week.