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TUC announces pensions strike date

14.09.11
The TUC has announced a day of action on November 30, pledging the biggest union mobilisation in a generation ... more

Unions poised for winter strikes

14.09.11
A winter of strike action by more than a million public sector workers is poised to move a step closer... more

Reforming Miliband 'near historic deal on votes'

14.09.11
Ed Miliband is close to a historic deal with the unions on cutting their block vote at Labour's annual party conference... more

Winter of discontent as unions plan big strikes

14.09.11
Britain faces the biggest outbreak of industrial strife since the 1926 General Strike after unions representing millions of workers announced strike ballots ... more

In the air: More pressure on James Murdoch

14.09.11
James Murdoch's efforts to put the phone-hacking scandal behind him are being scuppered by attacks on multiple fronts... more

City Spy: PR men rush to woo ministers

17.05.11
Who are the most assiduous corporate lobbyists courting the coalition Government? Top of the tree is employers' body the CBI, which has had no fewer than 75 meetings with ministers... more

Mervyn King dubbed 'devil' as he tells TUC to face the facts

15.09.10
Bank of England governor Mervyn King faces down union militants to deliver a stern lecture on the need to repair the national finances... more

The union challenge to the Government

13.09.10
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

British Airways in last ditch cabin crew strike talks

06.09.10
Union bosses are to hold last ditch talks with British Airways before holding another strike ballot among cabin crew... more

Public sector strikes 'must be banned' to protect services

06.08.10
The Government should consider banning strikes by workers in essential services if unions take action against spending cuts, an employers group suggests... more

Union calls for David Cameron's TUC invite to be withdrawn

08.07.10
Leading union launches campaign to persuade the TUC to withdraw an invitation to Prime Minister David Cameron to address this year's TUC Congress... more

Bob Crow: TUC must fight 'Thatcherite' public sector cuts

21.06.10
Senior union chief calls for an emergency meeting of the TUC to plan a campaign against expected public sector pay and pension cuts... more

Arctic Monkeys are pure poetry, says Laureate Carol Ann Duffy

28.01.10
Poet Laureate praises the pop 'poetry' of rock band Arctic Monkeys ahead of a literary Live Aid for the victims of the Haiti earthquake... more

Taxpayer bank bailouts must stop, says Lord Myners

25.01.10
Taxpayers should never again be force to rescue the "too big to fail" banks because of the institutions' bad decisions, City minister Lord Myners says... more

We will make cuts but not to front-line services, says Brown

15.09.09
Gordon Brown declared himself to be a cutter today — and took a symbolic axe to the generous early retirement scheme for senior civil servants... more

Union chief warns against talk of recovery

14.09.09
Union leader will pour scorn on claims that the green shoots of economic recovery are appearing with a warning that thousands of workers are still losing their jobs every week... more

One in 10 men on the dole in London’s job blackspots

17.06.09
One in 10 men is claiming the dole in parts of London for the first time in a decade... more

Cameron: Time to slash public sector pensions

27.11.08
The ballooning cost of Britain's public sector pensions would be slashed by an incoming Tory government, David Cameron has signalled... more

Cheap insulation for all but no free fuel vouchers

10.09.08
Every household in Britain will get help with its fuel bill under a deal hammered out between the Government and the major energy firms... more

Union leaders warn PM: Jury is out on leadership

10.09.08
Union bosses warned Gordon Brown that "the jury is out" on his performance as Prime Minister... more

TUC backs national campaign against 2 per cent pay freeze

08.09.08
Union bosses dealt Gordon Brown a bloody nose by backing a major campaign against the two per cent pay rise ceiling for public sector workers... more

Shifting the deckchairs

08.09.08
The Prime Minister makes a symbolic break with tradition today by shifting the Cabinet meeting to Birmingham... more

Twice as many voters want Cameron instead of Brown

19.08.08
Gordon Brown returned from his summer break to a new poll suggesting voters overwhelmingly prefer David Cameron as Prime Minister... more

Cabinet goes on the road to show it's 'listening to Britain'

04.08.08
Gordon Brown launched the first phase of his fightback with plans for the Cabinet to hold meetings outside London... more


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