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This afternoon was the start of the Unison National Seminar for Community (Housing Associations & Voluntary Sector) in Bradford.
Beforehand there was a meeting of delegates who work in community sectors. I went to the Housing Associations meeting….Read more…
The Azov volunteer battalion is run by an extremist group and sports a modified neo-Nazi Wolf’s Hook Ever since Ukraine’s February revolution, the Kremlin has characterised the new…Read more…
Yesterday the Office for National Statistics reported that net migration has risen to 298,000 meaning the government has missed its target of reducing net migration to ‘the tens of thousands’. This is not surprising news – but that’s part of the problem. Voters already feel politicians can’t be…Read more…
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Mark Serwotka heads up an impressive list of speakers at Barnet Trades Council AGM on Wednesday 11 March 2015 6:30PM in the Safari Bar & restaurant…Read more…
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released the 2013-14 English Housing Survey data yesterday, containing some remarkable news on the English housing market. The press focused mainly on the news that outright owners of homes now…Read more…
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On Wednesday 4th March the House of Lords will give the Deregulation Bill its Third Reading. The TUC believes that Clause 1 of the Bill is one of the most dangerous pieces of deregulation on health…Read more…
Today mark’s the TUC’s 11th Work Your Proper Hours Day, which is a campaign against excessive unpaid overtime. This is the first day of the year when the average person who does unpaid overtime would start getting paid if they were to work all their free hours at the start of the year….Read more…
The annual report gives a comprehensive insight into the work of Branch Officers and Convenors for 2014. It’s well worth a read – jan – dec 2014Read more…
Germany’s largest union IG Metall which cover engineering, automotive, aerospace, electrical and other skilled metalworking trades has agreed a 3.4% pay rise for 12 months from April. The union,…Read more…
Last year, over five million British workers put in more than two billion hours of unpaid overtime – that’s a staggering £32 billion of unpaid work! So we think they should be celebrating the final…Read more…
There are 300,000 fewer children living in poverty than there were when I became Prime Minister Last June the Prime Minister claimed success on child poverty, a line that is repeated from time to time by the usual suspects. To any listener who had been…Read more…
The Conservative and Lib/Dem Government has done the opposite to cutting Council Tax. In order to fund and protect services, cuts to the Government grant have caused Councils to raise taxes as well…Read more…
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I’ve just realised that I promised to put my review of Arthur Johnstone and Friends at The Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow up once it had been published in the Morning Star, and I’ve forgotten to do this!…Read more…
The Green Economy Council hasn’t met for two years. According to a committee of MPs, “this speaks volumes” about the government’s approach to sustainable development. The TUC backed the launch of the Green Economy Council in 2011 as a vital and much-needed initiative. But it hasn’t met since…Read more…
The TUC has published a new report on the pay of FTSE 100 remuneration committees members, who are responsible for setting company directors’ pay. Looking at total earnings from their different board positions, it finds that on average FTSE remuneration committee members are paid £441,383 per year…Read more…
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It is very important that all of our Barnet Council members read the following information as there has been an overpayment made by the…Read more…