Overwhelming evidence proves that a child’s life chances are largely determined by what they experience between the ages of 0 and 5. If you’re a healthy, supported young child, you’ll be a healthy,…Read more…
Rail: nationalise now
As services dangerously deteriorate, rail fares have continued to rise, outstripping wages by more than double since 2010, a new analysis has found. As it was announced today (August 16) that…Read more…
Unite pay justice result
Sports Direct workers marked a significant milestone in their journey to justice today (August 15) after thousands of workers at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire are set to secure …Read more…
Housing crisis continues
The UK’s housing crisis continues to intensify as new figures show councils will not be able to afford to replace housing sold off in the Right to Buy scheme and spark calls for urgent reform. …Read more…
‘Free to exploit at will’
When Theresa May gave a speech after it was announced she would become the UK’s next prime minister, she pledged that the Tory party will put itself “completely, absolutely, unequivocally” at the…Read more…
Raking it in
Fat cat bosses at Britain’s biggest companies enjoyed a 10 percent pay rise last year, raking in an average of £5.5m – 129 times more than the typical salaries of their employees. According to…Read more…
An impossible job
After being pummelled by years of a twin crisis in funding and recruitment, access to NHS care is now dangerously out of reach for patients up and down the country. The Royal College of…Read more…
‘Short sighted and short term’
Quality apprenticeships granting a proper qualification and offering pathways to high-skill, well-paid jobs – especially amid a sea of bogus training schemes for young people as they struggle…Read more…
Ongoing struggle
The 10th annual Leeds Pride festival and parade on Sunday (August 7) was supported by 40,000 people including many Unite lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members and their friends and…Read more…
‘Missed opportunity’
When Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley was hauled before MPs in June to answer questions about “Victorian” work practices within his company, Ashley said, “I would have no problem with an independent…Read more…
‘Attack on poorest’
The devastated father of a teenage boy who was killed in a head-on collision has spoken out after being cruelly charged the bedroom tax on his dead son’s room. Grieving Terry Fannon, from…Read more…
‘Our service saves lives’
Counsellors, support workers and staff at a charity that helps victims of sexual abuse and rape in Northern Ireland are organising with Unite to keep the vital service open, as the impact of…Read more…
Bus Bill threatens public routes
Buses are by far the most popular mode of transport in the UK – in England alone, passengers take 4.5bn journeys each year. But since deregulation in the 1980s, bus services, which are a…Read more…
Bus service battle result
Residents and Unite Community members in villages across central Scotland are celebrating their campaign victory in pushing First Bus to reconsider the axing of two vital bus routes. The Haud…Read more…
House deposit? Not for renters
Home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest levels for 30 years, while nearly 90 per cent of renters in Britain do not have enough savings to cover even a quarter of the deposit needed to buy…Read more…
Strike days dip
The number of workers who took strike action last year dipped to their lowest level in recorded history, figures published yesterday (August 2) have shown. In 2015, only 81,000 people downed…Read more…
Mind the ever widening gap
After spending decades of their working lives earning less than men, women also now face a yawning and growing income gap in retirement, a new study has shown. Women retiring this year expect…Read more…
‘Genuine’ talks call
Bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport would embrace the arbitration process to solve the long-running ‘poverty pay’ dispute with ‘open arms’ – but only if the conciliation talks are genuine. …Read more…
The cost of poverty
Poverty costs the UK £78bn a year in public spending and lost tax, new research into the effects of deprivation on Britain’s finances has found. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) ‘Counting…Read more…
Wake-up call
The latest manufacturing figures released yesterday (August 1) have shown that the uncertainty unleashed by a Brexit vote is no passing phase. The closely-watched Markit/CIPS UK…Read more…