Johnson urged to drop ‘worrying’ new law to restrict public bodies from launching boycott campaigns

Recruitment firms attack government's plans to allow agency workers to replace strikers

TORY plans to allow agency workers to break strikes are an “unnecessary distraction which will inflame industrial disputes,” recruitment firms warn

Record number of police forces placed in special measures

THE scale of the crisis gripping police forces in England and Wales was laid bare today after it was confirmed that a record six police constabular

Peers demand Home Office launch review into outdated British citizenship test

THE Home Office must launch an urgent review of its trivial and outdated British citizenship test, peers are demanding today. 

7 in 10 councillors faced abuse and intimidation in the past year, survey finds

SEVEN out of 10 councillors say they have experienced abuse and intimidation in the past year, a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) h

Johnson calls for increased defence spending while ‘ignoring the cost-of-living crisis’

Government's hypocrisy ‘knows no bounds,’ anti-war campaigners say

Attorney general accused of launching ‘attack on juries’ in the Colston Four case, court hears

THE attorney general has been accused of launched a “general attack on the use of juries” in the Colston Four case, a court has heard. 

Porters, caterers and cleaners begin 72-hour strike as working-class fightback gathers pace

THE growing working-class fightback against poor pay and working conditions gathered pace today as Unison members in health and social care became

Aslef accuses Shapps of lying when he said unions are ‘standing in the way of modernisation’

The train drivers union said the Transport Secretary was either ‘inept, exceptionally badly briefed, or a liar’

Inspectors raise ‘systemic concerns’ about Met Police

INSPECTORS have raised systemic concerns about the Metropolitan Police, including the London force’s substandard response to emergency calls, barel