The alleged architect of the construction ‘blacklisting’ scandal, Cullum McAlpine, has declined to give evidence in the High Court case, due to start next month, to establish the extent of…Read more…
Govt steel support shift?
The government hinted that part-nationalisation of Tata’s UK operations now up for sale could be a possibility as a buyer is being sought. Business secretary Sajid Javid said yesterday (April…Read more…
‘All in this together’?
Questions remain over the tax affairs of the Prime Minister and Chancellor despite the publication of their tax returns, Labour MPs said yesterday (April 11) during explosive scenes in Parliament….Read more…
Why are we waiting?
The heat is being turned up on business secretary Sajid Javid over the long delay in publishing his report into ‘tipping’ abuses that have seen waiters being short-changed by their bosses. …Read more…
British Steel is ‘back’
British Steel has made a comeback in Scunthorpe, after the sale of Tata’s Long Products Division in Scunthorpe was officially agreed this morning (April 11) and new owner, investment firm Greybull,…Read more…
Pay Living Wage now
A powerful strike action in SP Graham bookmakers on the day of the Grand National (April 9) showed just how determined counter staff are in their fight to secure fair pay. Workers reported…Read more…
Transparency call
Serious questions should be asked about reports that two financially challenged ambulance trusts in the east and west Midlands could merge, with a possible adverse effect on patient care. …Read more…
‘Light it up blue’
Big-hearted Unite members working for Rolls Royce in Derby have forked out £2,000 to light up their plant in blue to raise aware of autism which affects 700,000 people in the UK. Global icons…Read more…
Rebalanced economy hopes dashed
The makers appear to be marching away from the UK, as the latest figures on manufacturing, productivity and trade reveal any nascent economic recovery to be nothing more than a mirage. …Read more…
National Support
It’s perhaps the most famous horserace of all with six hundred million people watching live on TV – the world stops for the Grand National. This year however punters in Northern Ireland…Read more…
Devastating cuts
Spending cuts for Labour councils are more than five times higher than for Tory councils, new Labour Party research has revealed. By the end of Parliament Labour held local authorities will…Read more…
Nothing to hide?
After three days of evasion David Cameron has been forced to admit that he benefited from a tax-free offshore trust his father set up. The revelation, coming after days of partial responses to…Read more…
‘No panic-driven fire sales’
Business secretary Savid Javid returned from Mumbai today (April 7) after talks with Tata Steel chairman Cyrus Mistry in a bid to gain assurances that the Indian steel conglomerate will sell off its…Read more…
‘Brexit should carry health warning’
Earlier this year, Unite commissioned a damning study about the dangers that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), an EU-US trade currently being negotiated, would pose for the…Read more…
Lack of staff led to hospital death
An NHS Trust has paid £9,000 in damages to the family of an 89-year-old woman who died after being given inadequate hospital care after an investigation by Unite Legal Services. The woman from…Read more…
‘Conservator’ call
With official concern that nationalisation of TATA Steel could potentially expose the exchequer to considerable liabilities, a new form of public sector intervention may be required if a buyer for…Read more…
Brexit risks ‘chaos’
There could be years of uncertainty for workers and employers if the UK votes to leave the European Union. That’s according to leading legal expert, Michael Ford QC, who was commissioned by…Read more…
Co-op dispute settled
Co-op drivers have voted by a large margin to accept proposals to settle the dispute over the outsourcing of jobs. Unite recommended that more than 700 of its members accept the offer hammered…Read more…
‘On the same page’
Business secretary Savid Javid has met with unions, ministers as well as potential buyers of Tata Steel’s UK operations in a bid to save an industry that may be weeks away from collapse if urgent…Read more…
Don’t let others speak for us
Polls have shown that young people are most likely to back the UK staying in the European Union – however they are also the least likely to turn out to vote. It is also young people who would…Read more…