Editorial
Hands off our postal service
A government guided by common sense would respond to news that publicly owned Royal Mail has increased profits to £403 million by scrapping plans to flog off the service.
Features
Trade unionists will keep fighting for Wales
Wales TUC president sets out the achievements of Welsh workers over the past year - and looks to the battles ahead
Dirty wars
Interview with Jeremy Scahill, author of a chilling new exposé of the US's worldwide war without end
Britain
Royal Mail posts rise in profitS to £400m
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Royal Mail posted a massive profit of £403 million today that blows a hole in ministers' fairy-tale claims that it must be sold off to survive.
Long-term jobless failed by Con-Dems
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Top MPs tore into the government's flagship Work Programme today after finding it is not helping long-term unemployment people find work.
Builder takes blacklist fight to court
Tuesday 21 May 2013
A construction worker who was sacked for raising safety fears launched a landmark legal battle today which supporters hope could finally nail blacklisting bosses.
Salmond: Yes vote will help us flourish
Tuesday 21 May 2013
An independent Scotland would rise on "inherent" economic strengths, Alex Salmond said today - but he refused to be pressed on details.
Miliband stands firm to save gay marriage Bill
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Legalisation of gay marriage moved one step closer after Labour leader Ed Miliband helped David Cameron stave off attempts by Tory backbenchers to derail the plans.
Cash pours in for injured construction activist Tapp
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Hundreds of pounds have poured into an appeal fund for anti-blacklisting campaigner George Tapp, who was mown down at a demonstration by a hit and run driver.
Delegates call on Labour to fight for working people
Tuesday 21 May 2013
GFTU delegates wrapped up their historic 100th conference today with a pledge to work even harder for smaller and specialist unions and campaign to change Britain's political landscape.
Sheriff: Rural areas need local courts
Tuesday 21 May 2013
A Scottish sheriff said today that he would rather work from "a large furniture van" than see courts close in dozens of rural areas.
80 years ago today...
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Many a child faced Empire Day thinking about an absent father. Something like a million Britons died in the first world war.