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Travel threat to Christmas as BA cabin crew prepare to strike

26.10.09
NEW: Thouands of British Airways cabin crew members are poised to strike before Christmas, causing major travel chaos... more

BA faces Christmas strike as talks fail

20.10.09
Threat of major disruption at British Airways in the run-up to Christmas increased after crisis talks with unions broke down... more

Unions are livid at Tory pay freeze

08.10.09
Union leaders are furious about Tory plans to impose a pay freeze on public sector workers to help cut the UK’s Everest-style debt mountain ... more

George Osborne's pay freeze on public workers

06.10.09
Tory party conference: George Osborne ordered the nation to tighten its belt for an age of austerity, if the Tories take power... more

New law separates tips from pay

01.10.09
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Harman: How do you rate Brown? Marks out of five

14.09.09
Harriet Harman accused of plotting for Labour leadership after it emerged she canvassed activists to rate her own and Gordon Brown’s performance... more

Union leader backs Ed Miliband to lead Labour after Brown

11.09.09
Gordon Brown should be replaced by Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband if he can't pull Labour out of its current polling woes... more

Brown invites 15 union bosses to Chequers summit

10.09.09
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Barclays staff in strike vote over pensions

17.07.09
Barclays customers face major disruption in September after staff asked for a ballot on strike action... more

Lloyds to make another 1660 redundant as it axes C&G

09.06.09
Lloyds Banking Group said it will axe another 1660 jobs and close all 164 of its Cheltenham & Gloucester branches... more

Ban on tips making up pay

06.05.09
Using tips to make up workers' pay to minimum wage levels will be outlawed from October... more

Union anger as hundreds fired by Aviva

02.04.09
Aviva tonight said it is to cut 1100 permanent jobs in the UK by the end of the year while 590 contractors’ positions will go in the next few months... more

Lloyds is £10bn in the red thanks to toxic HBOS

27.02.09
State-backed Lloyds Banking Group unveiled a £10billion loss as it warned of a huge rise in bad debts this year... more

Taxpayers set to take on 95 per cent of toxic bank

26.02.09
The taxpayer's stake in Royal Bank of Scotland is set to rise to a maximum 95 per cent under a third bail-out package for the stricken lender unveiled... more

850 jobs to go at BMW's Mini plant

16.02.09
The car industry was dealt another hammer blow today when Mini announced 850 job losses in the face of plunging sales, prompting anger from workers and fresh calls for Government action... more

RBS to axe 2,300 back office staff

10.02.09
Up to 2,300 jobs are to be axed at the Royal Bank of Scotland... more

Sickened by the shorting greed that pulled in £270m

02.02.09
So I'm eating my cornflakes and I read that John Paulson, the New York hedge fund king, has made £270 million betting that the Royal Bank of Scotland share price would fall over the last four months... more

Brown's 'jobs for Britain' row

30.01.09
A wave of Seventies-style wildcat strikes broke out across Britain in protest at foreign workers taking jobs... more

Nissan to axe 1,200 factory staff

08.01.09
Carmaker Nissan has announced it is to axe 1,200 workers at its plant in Sunderland... more

M&S, Cattles lead a cull of 3000 workers

07.01.09
Economy: More than 3000 jobs were axed or are under threat as Marks & Spencer led the cull with the loss of 1230 posts... more

Darling bids to shield banks' tie-up

18.11.08
Banking: The Government is moving sharply to derail a proposal by two senior Scottish bankers to break up the takeover of mortgage giant HBOS by Lloyds TSB... more

Jobless total hits 1.82m as things get tougher for Britain

12.11.08
Unemployment hit an 11-year high of 1.82 million amid fears that the jobless total could near three million by 2010... more

Workers protest at City 'fat cats'

28.10.08
Low-paid finance workers have protested outside Parliament against City bankers who they blame for the credit crunch... more

Help for poor on fuel bills and insulation is attacked as 'useless'

11.09.08
Gordon Brown faced a Commons revolt on a windfall tax as his £910 million energy aid package was criticised for not going far enough... more

Help the poor, Darling warns energy giants

09.09.08
Alistair Darling has accused the big energy firms of doing too little to help to the poor... more

New tip rule for restaurants does waiting staff a service

31.07.08
Restaurant and bar owners are to be banned from using tips to top up staff's pay to the minimum wage... more

Twin threat to Darling's appeal for pay restraint

23.06.08
Alistair's Darling's desperate plea for pay restraint was undermined by the twin threat of inflation-busting wage rises and looming strikes... more

Music carnival with a message

10.04.08
The Love Music Hate Racism Carnival is set to take over Victoria Park with a host of top acts, including Hard-Fi and Patrick Wolf, on the bill but this event is about more than having a fun day out.... more

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