Tories Follow

The pensions dispute is about much more than pensions. The government knows this—and millions of workers know it too.

Some 70,000 children in England woke up in temporary accommodation on New Year’s Day, according to the charity Shelter.

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In an extraordinary move, the Tories have provoked the local government unions into withdrawing from the agreement they reached yesterday. Unite, Unison and GMB have just issued the following statement:

The Tories and their Lib Dem collaborators are crowing that they have won the pensions battle. But this afternoon also displayed the fragility of the deal, and the possibility it can be defeated.

Unions and health workers have rejected the latest Tory attempts to rob their pensions.

The use of Britain’s veto at the European Union (EU) summit last week has triggered a huge row within the ruling class.

Fewer than one in ten people support the government’s cuts, according to the 28th annual British Social Attitudes Survey published in last week.

The Tories have announced plans to close 39 local Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) offices. The announcement—just two weeks before Christmas—puts 1,200 jobs at risk.

The Tory MP who has been leading the charge against union facility time has been caught attending a Nazi-themed stag party.

The Tories reacted to the 30 November public sector strike by dismissing it as a "damp squib". But their actions since the strike tell a different story to their words.

One former Labour cabinet minister had no trouble working out which side he was on.