Well, after David Cameron prepared us for savage cuts to Child Tax Credit, lots of people expected that the government was going to change the Child Poverty Act substantially. After all, the last five years of cuts led the Institute for Fiscal Studies …Read more…
Blue Skies, Sir Nicholas, and Fair
ARRIVAL in a strange land. Sculpture at Liverpool Street station commemorates Kindertransport
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‘Act of betrayal’
Unite and the GMB union accused Nestlé UK of acting in ‘bad faith’ today (July 2) as the company announced plans to close its career average pension scheme in a move that unpicks pension changes…Read more…
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward 2 July 2014
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward
WEST HAM WARD LABOUR PARTY
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Ward meeting 2 July 2015
Thursday 4 June I attended the ward meeting at Vicarage Lane and then the joint ward social at Nando’s restaurant in Stratford which I thought went…Read more…
The ever widening gap
The gap between low income family budgets and what they need for a decent standard of living is now much wider than before the start of the global recession which followed the 2008 banking collapse….Read more…
#BarnetStrikers know what it’s about
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Human Rights at Work: possibilities and problems for Labour Law
1 July 2015
By Roger Jeary, IER Blogger
On the hottest day in London this year, the Institute welcomed delegates to the GMB London Office to hear from leading legal and academic experts on the…Read more…
Tell MEPs not to make a bad compromise on ISDS in TTIP
A last-minute European Parliament compromise deal poses a real risk MEPs settle for a damaging ISDS-lite plan.Read more…
Could CDC hatch from NEST?
Legislation paving the way for new-style collective pensions was one of several achievements in Steve Webb’s tenure as the Coalition government’s Pensions Minister. Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pensions are a mainstay of the Dutch pensions system and have been used in other…Read more…
Living Wage demand
A 12-hour strike by Croydon drivers and escorts, who transport clients such as disabled children, will be staged tomorrow (July 3) against the tight-fisted Impact Group which refuses to pay the…Read more…
Barnet UNISON Press Release: UNISON confirms 24 hour strike on 8 July
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How dare you? Ryanair launches union-busting petition
Prospect condemns budget airline’s bid to ban air traffic control strikesRead more…
BREAKING: FBU begins legal challenge over pensions
Every brigade in the UK to launch a test caseRead more…
O’Grady: “The Nasty Party is back”
TUC says scrapping of child poverty targets is a further nail in the coffin of one-nation conservatismRead more…
Striking windscreen workers see through £3k pay con
Unite members in Birmingham take action over pay inequalityRead more…
Birmingham lecturers walk out in jobs row
UCU members take action at South and City College BirminghamRead more…
Small Heath teachers on strike over plans to turn their school into an academy
NASUWT members fear for their job security and working conditionsRead more…
#TTIP news: 10 reasons why the latest #ISDS compromise is a bad deal
Yesterday the Socialists & Democrats Group in the European Parliament voted 56-34 to endorse a compromise amendment to the Parliament’s draft resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, the EU-US trade deal), covering the controversial issue of Investor-State…Read more…
Diplomatic relations between Cuba and U.S.
Statement by the Revolutionary Government With the reestablishment of diplomatic ties with the United States, the lifting of the blockade, among other issues, will be essential to the ultimate…Read more…
Fighting for the future of the BBC
Morning Star Free-market vultures are circling round the BBC – but their media offerings don’t compare to it, writes MICHELLE STANISTREET “PAYBACK time,” screamed the Sun on the announcement of John…Read more…