Cuts to shore up PFI
Barts Health, the largest NHS Trust in Britain, has now released its deficit projection for 2016, with massive cuts almost identical to the cost of servicing its PFI debt.
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Home working on the rise
22 June 2015
Workwise, which organised the tenth “National Work from Home Day” on 5 June, estimates that there are more than 4.2 million people in Britain working from home. That’s not good news.
Tube workers prepare for action
Tube driver members of ASLEF have voted overwhelmingly in favour of action against London Underground’s attempt to impose new rosters and payments.
Engineers demolish the Industrial Relations Act: 1971 to 1974
The first thing the 1970 Conservative government did was to introduce an anti-trade union bill. The engineering workers’ union led the opposition and finally won out in 1974, a political earthquake that shook the whole country.
Higher education union ballots on 'final' pay offer
16 June 2015
University and College Union members in higher education across Britain are currently being consulted on the “full and final” offer for 2015-16 made to the union by the University and Colleges Employers Association.
Sheffield bakery staff into second day of strike
16 June 2015
Workers in the food industry union BFAWU today enter the second day of their 48-hour strike at Gunstones factory, Sheffield, following the employer’s decision to force through a pay freeze.
Terrorist state removes Cuba from its list
5 June 2015
The US State Department has finally removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism – while newly released documents show that the US shipped arms to al Qaeda and ISIS.
TTIP vote in balance
5 June 2015
With the European Parliament scheduled to meet for an important vote on TTIP on 10 June, MEPs are showing signs of panic and switching positions from day to day – as pressure from the peoples of Europe builds.
Rail strike threat draws new offer
2 June 2015
Planned strikes at Network Rail over pay and conditions this week and next have been called off after the rail operator increased its pay offer to 2 per cent this year.
'Massive pain' promised for Tata after huge pensions strike vote
31 May 2015
Members of Community, GMB and Ucatt have voted decisively for strike action in a dispute with Tata Steel over pensions.
New figures show scale of production crisis
29 May 2015
The economy grew by just 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, said the Office for National Statistics on 28 May, confounding – as ever – predictions from City analysts, who had been expecting higher growth.
EU membership: Britain’s choice
29 May 2015
The paper that won the Institute of Economic Affairs’ 2014 Brexit Prize argues that Britain could thrive outside the EU by improving our links with the rest of the world