The government has announced an expansion of its military support for Saudi Arabia. This marks further escalation in Britain’s entanglement in the Middle East.

An academic study warns that England’s public library collections are being hollowed out. Yet public demand for books remains high.

The steel industry has suffered a further blow with the liquidation of Liberty Steels Newport in south Wales. This is the latest liquidation in the complex web of companies in the Gupta group.

Victoria & Albert Museum workers are putting the museum’s intransigent management under the spotlight with a lively demonstration on 25 September in pursuit of their ongoing claims on wages and conditions.

Arriva bus drivers in London have secured a groundbreaking victory to improve their working conditions, and this will apply to all the capital’s buses. This followed walkouts in August and the threat of further strikes in September.

The people of Iceland have said no to talks on joining the EU. This is an assertion of their independence and a significant setback for the EU’s strategic aims.

NHS consultants in England have voted for strike action over pay and conditions. The vote comes shortly after resident doctors settled their own dispute after three years of action.

Balfour Beatty rail engineers are threatened with redundancy, which will deprive the industry of their essential skills. Their union says publicly owned Network Rail should mitigate this by allocating alternative work.