Almost unmentioned in the media – apart from a tweet by the Manchester Evening News’ Jennifer Williams pointing to “the second half of a downpage story in the times [sic], […]
One of the Tories’ biggest missteps in 2017 was their decision to include the ‘dementia tax’ on the homes of pensioners in care. The move – clung to in spite […]
As BBC North-West has reported this evening, the University of Liverpool – scene of student and teaching staff protests as part of national industrial action to protect pensions – has […]
A UK pensioner living in Australia wrote to Tory MP Andrew Percy to express his fears about the government’s freeze on pensions for ex-pats in some countries – those […]
Students at the University of Liverpool have occupied and sealed off the fifth floor of a university building directly above the university Vice Chancellor’s office in support of the UCU […]
Comment In spite of Labour’s General Election surge and its continued polling strength – not to mention more than thirty u-turns Labour under Corbyn had already forced from the Tories before […]
The latest in Labour front-bencher Chris Williamson’s ‘Week in Westminster’ video series looks at the Tories’ planned swingeing cuts to women’s refuges, the hopelessly out-of-touch Tory assumption that apprenticeships are appropriate […]
The BBC’s Daily Politics show on Monday gave a ‘preview’ of what the government has told it will be the key themes in the government’s Budget next month – and it […]
A judge has granted Royal Mail a temporary injunction against planned industrial action by the CWU (Communication Workers’ Union) over pensions and conditions. CWU members had voted to support the […]
As the SKWAWKBOX showed earlier today, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt presented his ‘flexible working app’ to the Tories’ annual conference as a sign of ‘appreciation’ for nurses and other NHS […]