Saturday, 12 May 2012
Good enough for Tesco good enough for the LGPS
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Tesco, one of the world's largest retailers, says it will manage its own pension fund - one of the largest final salary schemes in the U...
I do not believe in silence by Clare Shaw
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Because, tonight - however I try - I cannot get downstairs without waking my daughter I do not believe in silence.
Friday, 11 May 2012
Debt, Deficit and Public Opinion
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At UNISON North West Regional Council last Tuesday, Paul Nowak of the TUC gave a well received presentation on the challenges facing the lab...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Mad, Bad and Dangerous: Queen’s Speech 2012
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As a committed republican, and grand-daughter of committed republicans, (one RoI, the other ILP) I grew up regarding the pomp of the Queens ...
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Message to Tory Right Wing - Go Boil Your Heads
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In an act of collective indiscipline by Tory right wingers and mavericks, the ConservativeHome website is hosting a series of alternative po...
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Scottish unions lodge claim to break council pay freeze
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UNISON, GMB and Unite are lodging a claim today for a £7.20 living wage and £1,000 flat rate rise in Scottish local government. Based on £50...
Monday, 7 May 2012
Five more years of rising unemployment
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In most parts of austerity-riven UK, unemployment will continue to rise over the next five years. Job losses will be most acute in areas wit...
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Labour Biggest Party in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Southampton...
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Detailed analysis of the local election results can wait, but one obvious conclusion can be drawn from the headlines. What do Edinburgh, Bir...
Gulls by Linda France
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How a scarf shaken out ripples, folds around itself and whatever air it finds, the gulls are flocking over the Tyne.
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Labour must raise its game to defend the public sector
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North East MP Grahame Morris writes in Tribune about 'a massive shift towards outsourcing across all our public services' and calls ...
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