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.

The result of the Aberdeen South by-election, with a decisive defeat for the SNP candidate, was a result of anger against the net zero policies of both the SNP and Labour. Workers are calling for a change.

The RNLI plans to close its inshore lifeboat engineering facility on the Isle of Wight. Workers there are fighting to keep their skilled jobs – and for union recognition.

Nottingham University wants to cut academic jobs, including many posts in its prestigious physics department. It is facing resistance from its workers and wider criticism.

Protests in Glasgow followed news of the latest increase to the energy price cap. This will increase household bills from July. There were calls to fight profiteering and net zero policies.

Cuba is under threat of attack by the USA. Trump has blocked oil supplies and is preparing military action. Cuba says this is without legitimate excuse as it prepares to defend itself.

Government plans to nationalise British Steel and save Scunthorpe steel works were welcomed by unions and the industry. But they warned there’s more to do on high energy costs and ensuring major projects use steel made here.

Fuel shortages look likely. Unlike the government, workers in the gas and oil industry want Britain to use our resources of gas and oil and to maintain refinery capacity.