More than 50 hospitals in England have been given the green light to miss key waiting time targets this year to help ease their cash crises. The move is part …
Sir Tom McCaffrey February 20 1922-July 8 2016 Tom McCaffrey was a decent man and a pragmatic socialist who got caught up in turbulent times as press secretary to James …
We have a new Cabinet, but experts are warning that the problems of funding and staffing the NHS will continue to become more acute, writes James Douglas Three Parliamentary watchdogs …
James Douglas One in five established academy chains – or eight out of 39 – are performing substantially below the national average for attainment and improvement for disadvantaged pupils, according …
The US and South Korea agreed to deploy a controversial missile defence system following intensifying threats from North Korea. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be …
The collapse of retail chain BHS, with the loss of up to 11,000 jobs, continued to raise disturbing questions of probity involving top UK financial and commercial institutions
Former Argentine junta leader Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes committed under Operation Condor – a 1970s’ conspiracy between South America’s dictators to murder leftists …
Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley admitted to MPs that he paid workers below the national minimum wage.
There has been a marked increase in home working – 241,000 more people than 10 years ago, a rise of 19 per cent.
Delegates at the annual conference of construction union UCATT voted in favour of a merger with or a transfer of engagements to the Unite general union.
Many older pensioners are worse off than their younger counterparts by thousands of pounds a year on average.
Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) workers with degrees are two and half times more likely to be unemployed than white graduates – 5.9 per cent compared to 2.3 per …
The cross-party International Development Committee demanded universal political action on violations of international humanitarian law at world’s first humanitarian summit.
Hundreds of workers who were blacklisted by large construction firms won compensation following a long-running lawsuit.
Two company directors were jailed over safety failings in Heaton Norris, Stockport, which led to injuries and a fatality.
Britain had more than three times as many high-earning bankers as the rest of the EU combined.
The Government is complicit in a system that is undermining productivity and perpetuating the gender pay gap, says the cross-party Women and Equalities Select Committee.
The British Polling Council (BPC) reported that opinion polls before the 2015 election were among the most inaccurate since surveying began more than 70 years ago
New research from the British Election study has revealed how much Britain is transforming itself into a nation of swing voters.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Owen Smith branded the Government’s National Living Wage as a con-trick when put in the context of benefit cuts.
South African anti-Apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada called on President Jacob Zuma to resign following a scandal over improper spending at his private home.
Unite condemned the Government’s 1 per cent pay rise offered to public sector workers.
The Labour Party announced the creation of a Women’s Economic Commission following a meeting between the Shadow Cabinet and former workers who campaigned for equal pay at the Dagenham car …
