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The English Defence League (EDL) plans to whip up racism against one of Britain’s largest Muslim communities. It has announced plans to gather in Tower Hamlets, east London, on Sunday 20 June.

More than 50,000 British Telecom (BT) workers were continuing to prepare for a strike vote on Tuesday despite bosses making a small increase to their below‑inflation pay offer.

In every borough, town and city across Britain, people are waking up to the reality of the widespread cuts that will destroy public services, jobs—and people’s lives.

A former Labour minister "failed to recollect" a memo confirming that British soldiers tortured Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa.

A coachload of British Airways cabin crew lobbied parliament today as part of their ongoing dispute with bully boss Willie Walsh.

The first person from the Freedom Flotilla to arrive back in Britain has said that she believes more than nine people died in the Israeli attack on the humanitarian convoy on Monday.

Afghanistan Delegates at the Unite union conference have called on the British government to withdraw British troops from Afghanistan.

Britain is the most watched country in the Western world. A 2006 study by the Surveillance Studies Network said that there were around 4.2 million CCTV cameras in the country – roughly one for every 14 people.

Workers at British Telecom (BT) were to vote on strike action unless bosses raised their paltry 2 percent pay offer by Friday of this week.

The British protests against cuts on 22 June will be part of a cross‑European fightback. There are moves towards a day of coordinated strikes and demonstrations across the continent.

Striking BA cabin crew remain defiant—despite their boss Willie Walsh’s bullying and intimidation. They face attacks on their jobs, pay and their union.

Hundreds of Unite members packed into a solidarity meeting for British Airways cabin crew at the Unite conference on Monday lunchtime.