Trade unions and social activism

David Cameron has appointed a former lobbyist for British Gas to be his personal advisor on energy and climate change.

Controversial firm which failed to fulfil London Olympics contract to manage Birmingham and Walsall centres

United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard talks to Truthout about the opportunities of a new labor model.

An alliance of three parties with support from the Greens and Independent members is established to run Norfolk County Council.

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Filmmakers Mike Wayne and Deirdre O’Neill discuss their new Engels-inspired documentary, The Condition of the Working Class, with Clive James Nwonka

Since the Woolwich attack, far-Right groups like the English Defence League (EDL) have hugely magnified their presence online, in an effort to harness public anger.

Part I of our interview with UKIP’s economic envoy

The work and pensions select committee launches an inquiry after Duncan Smith was rebuked by the UK Statistics Authority for misrepresenting figures on the benefit cap.

Download a selection of some of the combative MP's greatest political rhetoric – including the classic Galloway v Paxman and Galloway v the US Senate

Woman who lives with son in three-bedroom house with fortified loft has been told she will lose some of her benefits

David Cameron. Oliver Letwin. Boris and Jo Johnson. Jesse Norman, on the Prime Minister’s new policy board. Ed Llewellyn, the PM’s chief of staff. Rupert Harrison, the Chancellor’s chief economics advisor.

This article is being written because, in my view, it is now time for the Proletariat to make a stand against the discrimination that the UK Government is placing upon them. Even though I believe t...

An EDL demonstration at 7pm today was met by a contingent of anti-fascists more than double their size

Communication Workers Union members vote nine-to-one in favour of full-day strike on Tuesday after late May bank holiday

11am-5pm, Saturday June 29th, Camden Centre, Judd Street, London, WC1H 9JE Speakers include Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary and Steve Gillan, POA general se...

The Prime Minister’s embarrassing intervention came after both Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg rounded on Google

On the day of the success of the ruling against the WCA-Activists from DPAC and disabled workers attending the TUC Disabled Workers Conference have blocked Tottenham Court Road in an unprecedented act of solidarity.

Owen Jones : Manchester People Assembly

Into the Fire is an independent film entirely crowd-funded and crowd-distributed online, looking into the treatment of immigrants in Greece as the country's ...