Education Secretary Michael Gove was accused this week of “abusing statistics” by his Labour opposite number over the Government’s decision to cut £162 million of ring-fenced funding for school sports …
Britain will see its slowest economic recovery for a generation as cash flows dry up, the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted this week as Chancellor George Osborne defended the coalition …
Prison officer numbers could fall by more than 800 a year as the Government trims prison budgets in the wake of the Comprehensive Spending Review, a senior prisons trade unionist …
Grassroots Labour members have given a broad welcome to party leader Ed Miliband’s plan to widen the process of internal decision making to the public
The Fire Brigades Union has reacted angrily to the London fire authority chief’s refusal to investigate assaults that left two striking firefighters in hospital
Royal Mail managers are now “not likely” to strike over Christmas in a dispute over compulsory redundancies, according to the Unite union’s lead officer representing mail managers
Existing social housing tenants could lose their homes for life despite Government assurances, according to a consultation published this week
“Defence of human rights – hear it well – will be a firm and irrefutable commitment of my government…Colombians, I invite you to take part in the construction of a …
Social housing schemes across the country could be restored after the Government’s abolition of regional housing targets, throwing out plans for over 180,000 homes, was rejected by the High Court …
Government plans to cut civil service redundancy pay are facing legal challenges from the biggest Whitehall union and the European Court of Justice
Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has this week boosted the labour movement in support of the alternative vote by announcing he will be giving his backing to the campaign
David Cameron this week refused to deny breaking a key Conservative pledge on NHS services after the Royal College of Midwives accused him of a U-turn on midwife numbers
Unions are calling for a nationally agreed pay deal for council staff to go ahead next year as the number of local authorities unilaterally cutting pay and conditions grows
The Government has denied that cutting housing benefit will cost an extra £120 million a year as Labour said the reforms would “hit every part of Britain”
National Health Service staff are suffering from the effects of recruitment freezes and increased workloads even as the Government promises NHS spending will be protected, according to a survey this …
The Association of Train Operating Companies has come under fire after reports suggested that the rail bosses’ group is poised to recommend further deregulation of the rail fares system
Debt and insolvency among Britain’s low-income households will only get worse, the Labour backbencher behind a legislative campaign to reform consumer credit warned this week
London politicians are calling for an investigation into how Fire Brigades Union pickets were hit by vehicles driven by strike-breaking staff during the London firefighters’ strike last week
School teaching assistants could be at increased risk of working unpaid overtime as a result of the Government’s decision to scrap the body that was preparing to negotiate pay and …
London could be left without regular firefighters or control centre staff this autumn if strike action goes ahead, Tribune has learned
Bosses at Remploy, Britain’s biggest employer of disabled people, have been attacked after paying themselves reported bonuses of up to £10,000 this year while refusing to consider a staff pay …
The Unite union hopes to start balloting British Airways cabin crew as early as this week on an offer that could finally settle its year-long dispute with the firm over …
The steel giant preparing to buy Corus’ mothballed factory in the north-east of England expects to create up to 1,000 jobs when production restarts, unions said this week
