11 October 2024
Pensioners held rallies in London and Belfast on Monday 7 October for the restoration of the winter fuel payment. As well as the direct financial effect those in fuel poverty will suffer worse health, increasing demand on the NHS
11 October 2024
The assault on British industry in the name of the environment and net zero continues. The latest step is halting the development of a coal mine in Cumbria, aided by the courts and the new government.
11 October 2024
Electricity imports from continental Europe have hit a record high. Britain increasingly depends on undersea cables, with risks to both continuity of supply and prices.
9 September 2024
Creative workers in Scotland celebrate reversal of budget cuts by the SNP administration, but warn that the campaign to sustain arts must continue.
The government has imposed a pay settlement on the majority of NHS workers in England. There is no option to accept or reject. This inevitably raises the stakes for future pay claims.
On Saturday 3 August workers marched past the Grangemouth oil and gas refinery, near Falkirk, Scotland. This was a further boost to their campaign to save their jobs at the site.
Some groups of doctors have settled pay claims for now. But others are fighting for rises.
Train drivers’ union Aslef has reached agreement with the incoming Labour government to resolve a pay dispute in most of the passenger train operators. It has involved 18 days of strikes.
Farm incomes are falling, posing a threat to Britain’s food security. Official figures for England show a 19 per cent drop last year in the total income from farming to £4.5 billion.
Over 300 bus workers employed by First South West in depots across Somerset and Cornwall have taken strike action several times to defend their pay and conditions.
26 August 2024
Redbridge refuse collectors have won a new and improved contract. They had already taken strike action and were about to do so again.
26 August 2024
Faced with cuts that threaten their future and that of their company, musicians in the Welsh National Opera have voted overwhelmingly for potential strike action. They are facing cuts that threaten their future and that of their company.
26 August 2024
A vital programme for young artists in Wales faces closure. Musicians and college staff are campaigning against this.
26 August 2024
The new government is sticking to its energy policy guns with decisions likely to ruin North Sea oil and gas exploitation and risk Britain’s energy security.
26 August 2024
Labour is pushing through the previous government’s energy policy. It has approved even more large scale solar farms despite opposition and with no debate.
26 August 2024
A proposed development in Warwickshire has provoked a challenge to the government’s ideas on planning and development. Villagers in Ansty are opposing a massive warehousing scheme proposed on adjacent green belt land.
26 August 2024
The Labour government is using a court decision in June to justify its opposition to oil and gas production, threatening Britain’s energy security and industry.
17 July 2024
Amazon workers have narrowly failed in a bid for union recognition. They have vowed to continue their struggle.
17 July 2024
The new government has given no guarantees on the future of Tata Steel in Port Talbot. Trade unions had hopes of a positive outcome after the election, but still face job losses.
10 July 2024
Doctors have kept their focus on pay, making significant progress. They have not been diverted by the change of government; settlement for junior hospital doctors in England is a priority.
Successive governments of every hue have failed to deal with social care. The elections hustings have done nothing to suggest any change.
Members of the University and College Union are taking action across the country in defence of jobs and conditions.
One of the most recent developments in Manchester City Centre, Deansgate Square, includes a luxury penthouse flat with an asking price of £2.5 million. The housing developer has christened it the Engels penthouse.
Unite confirmed that it would begin industrial action from 18 June in protest at Tata’s plans to close blast furnaces in Port Talbot over the next three months.
The ballot process for trade union recognition began at Amazon UK on 19 June.
25 June 2024
A cyberattack on outsourced testing services in London has significantly affected patients. Resources for IT security do not match the risks of future attacks.
Seafarers supporting the Royal Navy have stepped up their fight against attacks on their pay and conditions.
3 June 2024
Rolls-Royce workers have overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay offer. Despite improving results the company is proving intransigent, and trying to create division among its workforce.
30 May 2024
The junior doctors’ long-running pay dispute is still not resolved. In the absence of a credible offer they are returning to strike action ahead of the general election.
30 May 2024
The Unite trade union has launched a major campaign against a ban on oil and gas exploration in the North Sea. It says a transition in energy supply should not sacrifice energy security and workers’ jobs for net zero targets.
