The Roman Catholic Church in Britain has been urged to return a £100,000 cash gift from News International chief executive James Murdoch towards the cost of the Pope’s visit to this country last September because it is “tainted”.
Archive for July, 2011
Churches urged to return ‘tainted’ News International cash
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, July 22nd, 2011Fresh risk to exploited workers as triple whammy hits gangmasters regulator
By David Hencke /Friday, July 22nd, 2011The Gangmasters Licensing Authority, which leads the fight against the exploitation of migrant workers, is facing a “triple whammy” of cuts and recruitment freezes and will have to scale down its activities.
Phone hacking scandal may claim British print journalism as a victim
By Bill Hagerty /Friday, July 22nd, 2011If the sight of a nation rejoicing at the very public implosion of a great media group was less than edifying, its implications were chilling.
Phone hacking scandal may claim British print journalism as a victim
By Bill Hagerty /Friday, July 22nd, 2011If the sight of a nation rejoicing at the very public implosion of a great media group was less than edifying, its implications were chilling.
Revealed: how PFI firms use tax havens at taxpayers’ expense
By David Mathieson /Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Controversial Private Finance Initiative schemes have returned to the centre of the political debate – this time over their role in offshore tax havens – in a new report from the European Strategy Services Unit.
Saville’s travels in history with Marx, Thompson, Hobsbawm and Hill
By Rohan McWilliam /Saturday, July 16th, 2011John Saville: Commitment and History – Themes from the Life and Work of a Socialist Historian edited by David Howell, Dianne Kirby and Kevin Morgan
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Rebuilding resistance
By Brendan Barber /Saturday, July 16th, 2011This weekend thousands of people will descend on a small village in Dorset to pay tribute to the Tolpuddle Martyrs.