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Ian Stephens to stand as independent MP candidate after quitting Isle of Wight Council leadership

Jan 22, 2015By Rtuc's Blog

By Emily Pearce County Press Thursday, January 22, 2015 Cllr Ian Stephens, who quit as Isle of Wight Council leader, has said he will stand as an independent MP in the General Election. Picture by…Read more…

Jan 22, 2015Rtuc's Blog

The 7 Deadly Myths that control the world economy…

Jan 22, 2015By UNISON Active

Global Justice Now has done a great job in highlighting the 7 arguments that are presented as the deepest wisdom by Global Leaders on why the world economy is the way it is. Like a force of nature or…Read more…

Jan 22, 2015UNISON Active

Home care workers. Caring, professional and treated like shit

Jan 22, 2015By johninnit

My Dad, who died 18 months back, had home care help in the last years of his illness. My Mum moved mountains to keep him at home, where he needed to be, but what she achieved simply wouldn’t have…Read more…

Jan 22, 2015johninnit

While the ECB print money, was ex-Governor Lord King calling for fiscal stimulus in the UK?

Jan 22, 2015By Touchstone blog

On Monday evening at the London School of Economics, Lord King, former Governor of the Bank of England, and Sir Alan Budd, former chief economist at HM Treasury and a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee, had ‘a conversation about central banking’ with Professor Charles Goodhart in the…Read more…

Jan 22, 2015Touchstone blog

Tory plans to restrict the right to strike have been widely condemned

Jan 22, 2015By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

22 January 2015
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC

Plans to place restrict the extreme restrictions on the right to strike are not consistent with international legal standards, write Keith…Read more…

Jan 22, 2015Institute of Employment Rights Blog

UNISON Housing Association AGM 2015: London Assembly City Hall

Jan 21, 2015By John's Labour blog

The branch AGM is taking place at the London Assembly City Hall on Tuesday 17 February 2015 – 6pm to 8.30pm.
The theme of the meeting will be about “rights at work”.

City Hall is a wonderful and iconic modern London building, over looking the Thames…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015John's Labour blog

Most of Leipzig turn out to oppose fascists and right-wing:

Jan 21, 2015By Rtuc's Blog

Anti-fascist people mobilise against fascists over the last couple of days. They shall not pass! It is reported that the districts of Leipzig in Germany tonight emptied as anti-fascist residents…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015Rtuc's Blog

Harry Leslie Smith on defending the NHS

Jan 21, 2015By John's Labour blog

91 year old Harry Leslie Smith remembers the time before the NHS when his sister suffered from TB and had to go into the workhouse hospital to die. Read more…

Jan 21, 2015John's Labour blog

Message of support to Our West Hendon and People Power West Hendon groups fighting the compulsory purchase and evictions in West Hendon

Jan 21, 2015By Billy Hayes

I’m writing to send my support to your campaign and efforts in resisting the compulsory purchase of, and eviction from, your homes in West Hendon. The actions of Barnet Council are deplorable….Read more…

Jan 21, 2015Billy Hayes

We need to do more to recognise and facilitate growth and career development

Jan 21, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

David Weston is the founder and Chief Executive of the Teacher Development Trust. CPD isn’t a luxury add-on to the work of teaching, it is an absolutely central element of being a professional. The…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Getting excited about CPD reminds us why we chose to do this job

Jan 21, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Ellie Dix is the Director of Pivotal Education. CPD for teachers is a necessity.  When CPD works well, it is genuinely useful and can make a huge difference not just to the practice of an individual…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Today’s employment figures (Jan 2015)

Jan 21, 2015By Touchstone blog

I have a post up at Left Foot Forward, looking at today’s labour market statistics. What seems to be happening is that the quality of employment is improving, but the increases in employment and falls in unemployment are slowing down. The prospects for earnings are still quite poor: at the…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015Touchstone blog

Next meeting Tuesday 17 February 2015

Jan 21, 2015By NUJ Brighton & Sussex branch

A date for your diary.
Next meeting Tuesday 17 February 2015 at 8pm.Venue TBA

Greg Hadfield will be talking about how he came to be involved in Brighton & Hove Independent with a vision of…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015NUJ Brighton & Sussex branch

Budget blues

Jan 21, 2015By Dave Watson

The consequences of austerity economics dominate budget setting at UK, Scottish and local authority level.
The Budget Bill was presented to the Scottish Parliament this week. Over five years the…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015Dave Watson

100 claimants with mental health problems have their benefits stopped every day

Jan 21, 2015By Touchstone blog

Figures obtained by the Methodist Church from the Department of Work and Pensions have revealed that claimants thought to be unfit for work due to mental health problems are disproportionately and increasingly likely to have their benefits stopped under sanctions. The DWP’s own figures show that in…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015Touchstone blog

Mutually incompatible

Jan 21, 2015By UNISON Active

At the end of November the Government announced that nine English NHS Trusts had been selected for the Mutuals in Health: Pathfinder programme – described in a UNISON briefing as ‘part of the…Read more…

Jan 21, 2015UNISON Active

Democracy Day: “Have you voted yet? Nah… There’s gonna be a Peoples’ Revolution any minute…”

Jan 20, 2015By John's Labour blog

Today is “Democracy Day” the 750 anniversary of the first ever Parliament in Westminster. There was a fascinating debate on Radio 4 “Today” this morning which resulted in sparks between young and old about feelings of disenfranchisement and accusations…Read more…

Jan 20, 2015John's Labour blog

Michael Gove’s ideological vandalism of the education system

Jan 20, 2015By Rtuc's Blog

Friday, January 10, 2014 In January 2014 I felt compelled to write an article criticising Michael Gove’s confirmation bias riddled historical revisionism, after he made a number of absurd…Read more…

Jan 20, 2015Rtuc's Blog

New NHS Workers’ Strike:

Jan 20, 2015By Rtuc's Blog

NHS workers in England will be taking strike action on Thursday 29 January for 12 hours from 9am to 9pm in protest at the Government imposed pay freeze. Ambulance workers will take action 12 noon to…Read more…

Jan 20, 2015Rtuc's Blog

£1billion a year essential for new flood defences

Jan 20, 2015By Touchstone blog

£1billion a year must be spent on flood defences over the next decade to cope with the rising threat of flooding, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and campaigners like Friends of the Earth. In a new initiative, they argue for an end to building new homes in flood-risk areas,…Read more…

Jan 20, 2015Touchstone blog
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