Ballot papers are being prepared for millions of public sector workers set to launch a series of strikes over pensions as George Osborne labels union bosses 'deeply irresponsible'... more
Union bosses have launched plans for further strikes and campaigns among public sector workers and the railways in protest over government spending cuts... more
If you grew up, as I did, in the northern industrial heartlands, you certainly got the best of the culture wars the last time strikes divided the nation... more
David Cameron will call on public sector unions to halt planned strikes and accept that their pension packages are unsustainable and must be reformed... more
The head of a teaching union calls on parents not to help keep schools open during the planned teachers' strike, saying they could put children "in danger"... more
The man who led Margaret Thatcher's battle against the unions warns David Cameron not to seek to impose new strike-breaking laws without public support... more
Anti-poverty campaigners and civil servants will stage a demonstration in Westminster while the Budget is being discussed in protest against job and spending cuts and tax avoidance... more
Public sector executives should have 10% of their pay held back and would receive it only through good performance at the end of the year under 'radical' proposals... more
Thousands of jobcentre staff start voting on whether to go on strike in protest at 'intolerable' working conditions they claim have led to high levels of stress and sickness
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The call from the Trades Union Congress for strikes and mass protests against spending cuts should not deflect ministers from their strategy of reducing the deficit... more
Where George Osborne's cuts will hit the hardest. The Shadow Chancellor delivered his assessment of the economic situation with brutal reality.
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Ministers were lambasted over benefit fraud after a top Whitehall mandarin said it was now "impossible" to get losses below £1.2 billion a year... more
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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