After being sent home for not wearing high heels on the first day of her new job at accountancy firm PwC, Nicola Thorp started a petition which in days garnered more than 150,000 signatures, as…Read more…
Shining light
Dedicated trade union and socialist activist Betty Tebbs died peacefully with her family on Monday (January 23) at the age of 98 after having spent decades fighting for peace, justice and equality….Read more…
Inadequate ‘strategy’
Theresa May unveiled her new industrial strategy today (January 23) to a chorus of criticisms that the plan is inadequate and does not offer commitment to the single market or the kind of skills…Read more…
Like dust we rise
Not since the Vietnam War have so many people across the world taken to the streets to defend progressive values, with women’s marches organised in dozens of cities globally on Saturday (January 21),…Read more…
‘Useful as a chocolate fireguard’
After six years of fiddling and relying on the so-called invisible hand of the market to correct industrial imbalances the government has finally published an industrial strategy. For the…Read more…
The women’s march
In a matter of minutes, property tycoon and reality TV show star Donald Trump will be officially sworn in as President of the Unite States today (January 20) in an inaugural ceremony. His…Read more…
‘Pouring salt on the wound’
Iain Duncan Smith is earning nearly £1,250 an hour making speeches on the back of his former post as Tory benefit slasher-in-chief. The former Work and Pensions Secretary – who…Read more…
Where have all the banks gone?
Bank branches once played a central part in many local communities, but each successive year after the financial crisis has seen more and more of their doors close as banks attempt to cut costs….Read more…
Yet more uncertainty
Prime minister Theresa May gave her clearest picture yet of what the government will be seeking as it leaves the European Union yesterday (January 17) in a landmark speech. But still more…Read more…
‘On the edge of collapse’
GPs, already facing unconscionable workloads working for an underfunded and understaffed NHS, were threatened by prime minister Theresa May at the weekend (January 14) with even more cuts to their…Read more…
More than just one ‘blue’ day
Yesterday (January 16) was Blue Monday, officially the most depressing day of the year and it falls each year on the third Monday of January. For many the end of the Christmas period is hard –…Read more…
Credit debt blues
As millions of Britons settle back into the first few weeks of work following the festive season, we know all too well that the party’s over, the feasts have been eaten, the presents opened and we’re…Read more…
‘No time to waste’
As prime minister Theresa May continues to ignore the mounting funding problems faced by the NHS — whose ongoing crisis was most shockingly exemplified by the story of a sick baby being treated on…Read more…
Anti-austerity’s frontline fighters
Volunteer benefits adviser John Kelly has got used to seeing people on the breadline in distress because their welfare has been stopped or sanctioned, but that doesn’t make it any easier in the heart…Read more…
‘Get a grip’
The Prime Minister shrugged off the mounting NHS crisis yesterday (January 11) as a “small number” of incidents, even as 20 hospitals across England declared that they could no longer guarantee…Read more…
‘Sigh of relief’
Hundreds of jobs were saved after a sale was secured this week (January 11) of Coventry-based automotive parts supplier CovPress, one of the largest employers in the area. The nearly…Read more…
‘A strong sector in a strong union’
If there is any sector where workers certainly need a union it is construction – and now these workers will have even stronger protection at work. The merger of UCATT (the union for…Read more…
Sleeping in their cars
When British Airways first introduced its Mixed Fleet in 2010, the airline advertised wages of £17,000 to £20,000 each year on its website. But by the time Rachel* was hired and received her…Read more…
Excuses, excuses
The worst excuses of bosses guilty of not paying staff the minimum wage – including “she only makes tea”, “I only pay them when customers are in the shop” and “they aren’t British so don’t have the…Read more…
NHS ‘nearing meltdown’
A Sheffield man died after it took an ambulance more than two and a half hours to reach him, it was revealed on Monday (January 9). The tragedy is just one of a growing litany of examples that…Read more…