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Civil servants to stage strikes over pay, pensions and conditions
Tuesday 07 May 2013
Thousands of civil servants will stage strikes over the next few days as part of a three month long campaign of industrial action over pay, pensions and conditions.
The great Civil Service sell-off: Dozens of services and 75,000 staff set to be transferred to private sector
Wednesday 01 May 2013
Unions denounce sale as ‘privatisation by stealth’
Blow to freedom of speech as key libel reform the Defamation Bill is blocked
Monday 15 April 2013
Ministers to water down Defamation Bill, leaving big companies free to gag critics
Lastminute.com's Martha Lane Fox joins House of Lords and becomes Baroness of Soho
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Digital pioneer Martha Lane Fox became the youngest female member of the House of Lords today.
£9bn black hole: Painful tax rises likely to hit households after next election as George Osborne is accused of fudging deficit figures
Thursday 21 March 2013
Chancellor under fire as Labour attacks £2.2bn 'raid' on NHS to honour borrowing pledge
George Obsorne 'wasted Whitehall time and created real economic costs' in last-minute budget manipulation, says Institute for Fiscal Studies
Thursday 21 March 2013
George Osborne has been accused of wasting the time of Whitehall officials and creating “real economic costs” for the country by the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank.
Scottish independence: leak reveals SNP fears over finances
Thursday 07 March 2013
The Scottish government was accused of “covering up” its private fears that it would struggle to pay its bills if next year’s referendum produces a vote in favour of breaking away from the United Kingdom.
Make it harder for migrants to receive Jobseekers Allowance, says Labour's Yvette Cooper
Thursday 07 March 2013
The shadow Home Secretary also said foreign workers should not be allowed to claim child benefit for youngsters living abroad
Calamitous result for Conservatives as Lib Dems win Eastleigh
Friday 01 March 2013
The confidence boost for Clegg will lead to more stability at the top of the Coalition
Department of Education workers vote in favour of strike action over cuts and job losses
Monday 18 February 2013
Civil servants in Education Secretary Michael Gove’s department have voted for strike action over plans to axe 1,000 jobs. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) backed walkouts by a two-to-one majority – with nine out of ten of those who voted giving the green light for industrial action short of strike.
Families face further tax rises as think tank predicts more job losses
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Families face further tax rises or more cuts to welfare spending because of the continuing weakness of the economy, a respected think tank warned today.
Revenue and Customs pledges to scrap fee-charging 0845 telephone lines
Monday 28 January 2013
Customers will no longer be left hanging on premium rate numbers when they contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the tax collection agency has promised.
Get religious groups on board with Work Programme, think tank urges
Tuesday 22 January 2013
The Government should get religious groups more involved in the struggling Work Programme, a leading think tank has urged, with backing from the shadow employment minister.
Public sector services must be effective first, efficient second
Monday 14 January 2013
They may sound similar, but there's a great deal of difference between these two terms, and our Government is heading on a dangerous trajectory towards the latter
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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