The TUC has warned that public sector cuts, expected after May’s general election, are likely to impact hardest on women
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Public sector cutbacks will hit women hardest, TUC warns all the parties
Friday, March 12th, 2010Former MEPs hope to swap Brussels for Westminster
Friday, March 12th, 2010Former Labour MEPs Glyn Ford and Neena Gill, who lost their seats in the European Parliament in last year’s elections, are both hoping to stand in the general election
Commons reform depends on next government, say MPs
Friday, March 12th, 2010The campaign to reform the House of Commons took a step forward this week as backbench MPs forced through reforms against the wishes of Labour and Tory frontbenches
No forced job losses, says Royal Mail as agreement reached
Friday, March 12th, 2010The CWU and Royal Mail have reached a deal to end their long-running dispute without imposing compulsory redundancies
Legal challenge to re-open refugee centre is lost
Friday, March 12th, 2010A refugee camp near Calais is to remain closed after a court judgement declared it was “not in the public interest”
Free political prisoners, Colombia is urged
Friday, March 12th, 2010Protestors including union leaders and Labour MPs have demonstrated outside the Colombian Embassy in London, to demand the freedom of over 1000 political prisoners held in the country
Local authorities urged to go green and boost local economies
Friday, March 12th, 2010A new report argues that local government should use its financial clout to push for more environmentally sustainable local communities
Turkey teeters on the brink as coup fears grow
Friday, March 12th, 2010Tension between Turkey’s secularist military and its moderate Islamist ruling party is reaching boiling point
Lavrov tour shows Russia back in the game in Latin America
Friday, March 12th, 2010Moscow’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov has toured Latin America, in a further sign of the Kremlin’s push to extend its influence in the Western Hemisphere
Thousands of public sector jobs may go to pay for the bailout of the banks
Friday, March 5th, 2010The bank bailout could cost almost 300,000 public sector jobs, according to an independent analysis by the Centre for Cities
