TUC pay campaign: to be or not to be?
7 July 2017
First they will, then they won’t. TUC indecision over its “Britain needs a pay rise” campaign is fast becoming a tradition.
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Defeat for government over pension scheme
7 July 2017
Government guidance issued in September 2016 to force Local Government Pension Scheme investments to meet government policies has been thrown out by the High Court.
1833 - 1838: The Tolpuddle Martyrs
7 July 2017
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported for resisting starvation wages and forming a trade union. The annual festival commemorating them – absent for two years because of Covid-19 – was held again this July in Tolpuddle, Dorset.
Don't give way, make headway
History shows that when we rely slavishly on legislation our aspirations for advance have subsided, along with our organisation…
Transport Police break up goes ahead
29 June 2017
The SNP has pressed on with plans to break up British Transport Police despite widespread opposition from rail unions to police chiefs. This attempt to reinforce separatism went ahead despite union warnings that it would damage and not protect policing in Scotland.
Take responsibility against terrorism
Al Qa’ida and its offshoot Islamic State copy the worst aspects of US interventions, the murders, the torture, the rapes. There is no appeasing them.
Five foundations for independence
Britain will need strength, clarity and obduracy if it is to progress towards independence over the next two years.
Police break-up slammed
Following the suicide bombing in Manchester in May the rail union TSSA has demanded that the SNP halt its plan to merge British Transport Police Scotland with Police Scotland.
Policing - The numbers game
Following the appalling Islamist terrorist attacks in London and Manchester the Mayor of London and others have pointed to cuts in police numbers.
EU claims 'superior' law
The EU is now saying: our law is superior to your law. Or more specifically, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is superior to British law.
Casualisation in further education
Some colleges are using wholly owned subsidiary companies to develop a “shadow FE sector”, employing teachers on worse terms and conditions and hiring them back into the college to teach.
Skills shortage hits safety
Government cuts in funding to Network Rail threaten to precipitate a major skills shortage in the industry as well as threatening jobs and safety.