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Crucial elections take place on Thursday of this week in London and across England and Wales.

Around 100,000 people from across London and far beyond attended the Love Music, Hate Racism carnival in Victoria Park, east London, today.

Public sector workers held well attended strike rallies up and down the country today as part of their campaign against Gordon Brown's public sector wage freeze.

Workers in the Unite union at the charity Shelter were striking around the country on Thursday as part of a 48 hour strike against longer hours and low pay. The picket line at Shelter’s Old Street headquarters in east London fluctuated between ten and 15 people, while there were at least ten at the City offices. Pickets at Old Street said the strike was absolutely solid.

Across London schools and colleges shut down along side Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) sites.

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Acclaimed reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson is to headline the Cultures of Resistance gig in central London in July, it was announced this week.

Uniting under the banner of "Save Our Livelihood", around 7,000 British Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Turkish catering employers, workers and supporters gathered in Trafalgar Square in central London last Sunday to protest against Britain’s draconian immigration rules.

Most of the local elections in England and Wales on Thursday 1 May will be of the traditional "first past the post" variety. But the London elections will be more complex, involving three different voting systems to select the mayor, constituency candidates and the London assembly.

As a young Muslim woman in London, I know only too well what the dangers would be if the British National Party (BNP) gets a presence here.

The threat of strike action by maintenance workers on London Underground has won written guarantees from management over the outsourcing of work, pension rights and travel facilities.

The British National Party (BNP) is desperately trying to conceal its Nazi roots and pose as "respectable" in its bid to grab a seat on the London assembly next week.