New factory to produce electric taxis
The London Taxi Company is aiming to produce 5,000 electric vehicles a year by 2019 at the first new car factory in Britain for more than a decade.
The London Taxi Company is aiming to produce 5,000 electric vehicles a year by 2019 at the first new car factory in Britain for more than a decade.
With independence from the EU in sight, Britain itself is far from "shipshape and Bristol fashion" – and Bristol itself is a prime example of this.
With a rise in the minimum wage coming into effect on 1 April, the Low Pay Commission has published its analysis of the impact of the National Minimum Wage introduced by the Treasury in 2016.
10 April 2017
The government is now changing the rules for compensation for injury by the sleight of hand of increasing the small claims court limits.
9 April 2017
RMT members chose to strike on Grand National day to get maximum publicity for their campaign of opposition to plans to introduce driver-only-operated trains
23 March 2017
The leaders of the European Parliaments political groups have abandoned plans to allow the body to debate its own controversial 2018 spending plans.
21 March 2017
With control of our fisheries an acid test of Brexit, workers within the industry have launched a petition calling for control over British fishing waters.
19 March 2017
A Westminster meeting showed that throwing off the shackles of the EU has created an exhilarating climate in which all kinds of people are re-imagining an industrial Britain.
17 March 2017
Those who still resist Britain’s departure from the EU are deliberately misrepresenting the decision by car maker Groupe PSA to take over the General Motors Vauxhall and Opel car plants at Luton and Ellesmere Port.
14 March 2017
The attempt by Germany’s stock to create an EU-wide monster is fragmenting.
10 March 2017
Out of office, George Osborne continues to champion the breakup of Britain and the “Americanisation” of local government.
23 February 2017
Talks between the Unite union and BMW over the German carmaker’s plans to close its final salary pension scheme are set to continue, but the threat of industrial action remains.
23 February 2017
Cleaners at King’s College London have been offered higher staffing levels after going on strike over excessive workload and a threat of reorganisation.
Despite the decision in June 2016 to leave the European Union, the European Commission is continuing to try and widen its network of propaganda outlets in Britain.
Last year more than £90 million was paid out in dividends to the mainly state-owned Italian, French, Dutch and German rail companies running British rail franchises.
In a demonstration of the failure of free market economics, the Co-op Bank has been put up for sale by its largely US hedge fund controllers.
Britain’s oldest surviving bell foundries is scheduled to close in May. The foundry in Whitechapel, London, has been on site for nearly 200 years.
23 February 2017
A multimillion-pound scheme to develop land around Millwall Football Club in south London is unravelling thanks to the concerted efforts of the club, its supporters, a fanzine and a locally based newspaper journalist.
20 February 2017
New research on living standards shows that four million more people in Britain are living below an adequate standard of living.
12 February 2017
Successful strikes by IT workers at Glasgow City Council have halted the attempt to privatise £400 million worth of services.
The General Medical Council has made a timely move to rectify a dangerous situation which exists while we are in the EU.
7 February 2017
Almost 3,000 British Airways cabin crew are stepping up strike action with a six-day walkout in an escalating dispute about poverty pay.
6 February 2017
Fishing communities around Britain are looking for guarantees that their industry will not lose out again after Brexit.
3 February 2017
Transport union RMT has called off the strike on the London Underground planned to start on Sunday after management agreed to reinstate 60 per cent of its planned job cuts.
26 January 2017
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has rejected the claim by the devolved governments that their “legislative consent” was needed before triggering Article 50.
26 January 2017
The government’s “independent” review into employment practices in the economy is now moving to a rolling roadshow – but it’s slanted in favour of the employers from day one.
26 January 2017
Britain’s largely privatised prison service has reached yet further landmarks of decline with the number of suicides – and the prison population – at record levels.
25 January 2017
The government launched consultation over its industrial strategy on Monday 23 January. HS2 will be a real test of its intentions.
9 January 2017
The Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley, south London has accumulated the largest hospital debt in the capital – a staggering £62.3 million.
3 January 2017
Rail unions and passenger groups are kicking off the new year with two days of protests against high fares.