Bromley council has been dealt a double blow to its plans to sell-off the borough’s treasured libraries. Bexley council has informed Bromley council that it will no longer be looking to…Read more…
A home is a human right
Families evicted by private landlords are becoming homeless in record numbers because they can’t afford a place to live, shocking new government figures show. Nearly a third of the 15,170…Read more…
Celebrating decent jobs
So much focus has been on bad jobs and bad employers recently like Sports Direct, with their shameful warehouse working conditions and zero hours contracts that rob people of any quality family life….Read more…
easyJet: Staff breast feeding victory
Expectant mothers and mothers of young children have never had it worse in the workplace – a wide-ranging Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) study published earlier this year found that the…Read more…
No way to treat workers
Irish drinks giant C&C has been accused of behaving with ‘cavalier contempt’ towards its Shepton Mallet Cider Mill workforce, as confusion swirls about the employment prospects of the remaining…Read more…
Decent pay rise call
Chancellor Philip Hammond should use the autumn statement to signal a massive cash injection into the crisis-hit NHS, allowing the independent Pay Review Body to help restore the pay of a…Read more…
Labour and Tory policies– oceans apart
Liverpool looked glorious as we departed Labour’s conference yesterday afternoon (Wednesday September 28). The summer’s hullabaloo was setting as a new, rosy red optimistic spirit descended upon the…Read more…
‘No-go area’ for women
The higher up the income ladder you are in the UK, the less likely it is that you’re a woman. This was the conclusion of a new report by the London School of Economics out this week (September 26)…Read more…
Ripoff bosses
Just three companies have been prosecuted for paying below the minimum wage in the past two and a half years, despite the government naming and shaming 700. Since February 2014 HM Revenue and…Read more…
Transparency call
Serious questions need to be asked about the reasons for the closure of General Electric Power Conversion plant in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire with the loss of about 240 jobs, Unite said yesterday…Read more…
‘United we can shape the future’
As the Labour Party Conference ended today (September 28), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn outlined the party’s plan to offer shared prosperity to all in a forward-looking programme which he dubbed…Read more…
Wanted: flexible hours
More than two thirds of mums with young children would return to work if flexible hours were an option, a new survey has found. The survey of 1,600 mothers also revealed that more than a third…Read more…
A just transition
This Tory Government and the coalition before it have a catalogue of failure – on the economy, on our National Health Service and on energy. The motion that I supported on behalf of…Read more…
My life in austerity Britain
Speaking from her own personal experience disability rights activist and actor Liz Carr (pictured left) told Sunday’s (September 25) Real Britain fringe about what it’s real like to have disabilities…Read more…
Protect North Sea jobs
Scotland’s biggest union has called for urgent government action to protect jobs in the North Sea. Unite the union was commenting after a new report from the industry body Oil & Gas UK…Read more…
Building a productive economy
After a long and distracting contest, ending with Jeremy’s re-election as leader of our Party on an even greater mandate than last time means that we can get back to work. We can move away…Read more…
‘Under a shadow’
Unite health visitor Joyce Still warned the Labour Party Conference at a health debate today (September 27) about the impact that government austerity cuts have had on social care and urged the party…Read more…
Pension plans ‘fury’
Plans to close the final salary pension scheme for about 5,000 BMW car workers will be fought ‘tooth-and-claw’, Unite said today (September 27). Unite expressed fury at the announcement that…Read more…
Unite and reconnect call
Yesterday (September 25) saw the Real Britain fringe – a joint event hosted by Unite and the Daily Mirror – and by many regarded as the fringe event of the conference. The fringe, entitled…Read more…
Right-to-buy promises failing
Tory promises to build one home for every one sold under the controversial right-to-buy scheme are flatlining, with the National Audit Office (NAO) warning that a “fivefold increase” in new…Read more…