Tories Follow

Barclays’ Bob Diamond—the banker who thought there had been enough "remorse and apology" for the crisis—has been toppled by a huge scandal.

At 9.20am last Thursday, a man tied himself to the railings outside Selly Oak job centre in Birmingham, doused himself in flammable liquid—and then lit it.

The Tories know that their austerity policies will hurt ordinary people and that this will make them unpopular.

The second policy conference of the Unite union began in Brighton on Monday of this week.

A Cambridge university student who was suspended for taking part in a protest against Tory minister David Willetts has had his punishment dramatically cut.

David Cameron’s latest assault on benefits rests on the idea that there’s a distinct group of people living on the fringes of society.

The debates at this year’s trade union conferences have shown that workers are determined not to let the Tories make them pay for the crisis.

The Tories want us to believe that they are reformed supporters of lesbian and gay equality.

A quarter of the richest people in Britain are Tory party donors—and they have handed Cameron and co a massive £83 million.

Church leaders and Tory MPs have joined a chorus of bigots attacking plans to allow same-sex couples to get married.

How to resist the Tory attacks was the theme of the GMB Congress in Brighton this week. But the key terrain of that battle for the union is the Labour Party’s conduct in opposition.

Shop workers could be better off on the dole because of tax credit changes brought in by the Tory government.