Cameron’s government is planning to follow the lead of the early 1990s Canadian Liberal government as it begins to slash jobs and services
Archive for June, 2010
Canada the austerity model as coalition prepares to slash jobs, services and benefits
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, June 11th, 2010Warning to industry over apprenticeship cuts
By René Lavanchy /Friday, June 11th, 2010The construction union UCATT has warned that cuts in training budgets threaten to cause serious skills shortage in the building industry
A monarch for hire
By Edward Pearce /Friday, June 11th, 2010A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow
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Andy Bunday on Danny Alexander
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, June 11th, 2010Read Tribune’s editorial on the Coalition’s cuts agenda Cartoon by Andy Bunday. More at www.tribunecartoons.com
My focus will be on the day job – the only job – from day one
By Ken Livingstone /Friday, June 11th, 2010Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone lays out the case for why he should get his old job back
Changed lives but same old Tories
By Tribune Editorial /Friday, June 11th, 2010David Cameron and his coalition team are softening up Britain for cuts that will change the lives of everyone and transform the country
Five contenders, one top job and calls to change the rules
By René Lavanchy and Chris McLaughlin /Friday, June 11th, 2010Following the publication of the shortlist for Labour leadership, party activists are preparing a push to change the nomination rules
Teachers unite to fight Gove’s academy plans
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, June 11th, 2010All the main teaching unions have come together to oppose Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove’s plans for more academy schools
Canadian union attacks new Royal Mail chief
By René Lavanchy /Friday, June 11th, 2010Royal Mail’s new chief executive has been denounced for presiding over “dysfunctional labour relations” by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Spelman cuts PR links with the GM industry
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, June 11th, 2010Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Caroline Spelman has decided to cut her business ties with the biotechnology industry