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2013 is coming to an end and the […]

The full executive met at Stoke Rochford Hall on Thursday 12th December. The meeting commenced with two periods of silence, in a mark of respect to two members of the Union who had passed...

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The White Paper (and the Economic PolicyChoices paper publication which preceded it by a week) is heavy with references to ‘industrial strategy’. This is, in general terms, a good thing. After all,...

Labour Ipswich Councillor, Alasdair Ross, who spent over 24 years in the Royal Green Jackets, serving his country in Northern Ireland, Bosnia,  Kosovo and finally in with The Rifles in Sangin, Afghanistan warns us here about the nasty fascist so called "Britain First" front. Who are tricking...

The Department for Communities and Local Government  yesterday announced the English local government funding settlement for 2014/15. By any definition it is a disaster for Councils and in many...

Yesterday in New South Wales, Australia, the High Court upheld a union challenge to the Government's electoral donation laws. In February 2012, the O'Farrell led right wing Coalition Government...

On 27 November we had a special Open meeting for AMNT members at the House of Commons.  Beforehand there had been a brief tour of Westminster Hall.  Then  40 of us were in a Committee room to hear Gregg McClymont MP talk about the UK pension landscape and then take part in a...

See the view from the Media Reform Coalition: http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ca407d4765e6b4879b06b0d5b&id=717c84fcd1&e=195dab87e8 Related posts: Freedom of the Press Foundation plans to...

In a horrible twist of timing, David Cameron […]

Today’s jobs figures were good  – taking the […]

ISSUE 4 of the official journal for Red Star Learner  Information on upcoming learning opportunities, who's who and what's where. Click on the picture for a pdf version to print off.

On the occasion of international migrants day, the […]

£1.20 might not sound like much. But for half a million low paid local government workers, every hour it's the difference between a poverty wage and a living wage.

(Great article by AMNT Co-Chair Janice Turner in Professional Pensions)  "It was disappointing to hear a Financial Reporting Council representative tell the NAPF stewardship conference that that it's unlikely  they will support calls for pension schemes to direct their votes in pooled...

It’s that time of year again! Present shopping for the family, a big trip to Tesco because we’re cooking for the in-laws, a visit to the pantomime another to the cinema, and a drive down...

It’s that time of year again! Present shopping for the family, a big trip to Tesco because we’re cooking for the in-laws, a visit to the pantomime another to the cinema, and a drive down...

After six years of post-crash belt-tightening, most families […]

Heather Wakefield, UNSON head of local government, has sent a festive message to Prime Minister David Cameron MP - ‘our members face the prospect of a further decline in their earnings next year and...

Today is International Migrants Day. It’s timely for […]