Today was the Unite Day of Action against pay cuts. It’s too early to have a detailed picture of what happened and where - but a quick Google search showed that action of one sort or another took place across the UK. This reflects the very real anger that health workers feel. People have had...

BUSINESS Secretary Peter Mandelson has denied that he is one of the "significant people in the UK" who the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso,

MONDAY night's BBC2 documentary Forced to Marry would have been incredibly difficult for many to view and digest. The programme followed the UK government's Forced Mar

Plaid Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones AM, has launched guidance to protect animal welfare. Wales is the first country in the UK to publish guidance on the welfare of dogs, cats and horses in a bid to inform people of the responsibility, time and cost that looking after an animal entails. ... full story

I received an email from Gordon Brown this afternoon - a mass mailing of course - a dubious reward for subscribing to labour.org.uk. My Hotmail account asks: “Mark as safe” or “Mark as unsafe” which had me thinking. Anyway, you will sleep soundly knowing that the Prime Minister is “taking action to give real help now” and

The government's role is changing in the financial crisis, with the big two UK political parties struggling with their response to growing public anger

Connect Souths AGM and Final Committee Meeting is tomorrow at the GFTU 11 o’clock for Committee Meeting and 14:00 for the Branch meeting. All members are welcome.       

Before you turn off, and groan 'not another blog on Damian Green', this is actually nothing to do with that appalling infringement on the rights of Parliament. In fact, this is nothing to do with Britain at all. Let me ask you a question, which country has stronger democratic traditions, Croatia or the UK? The answer is clearly Croatia. After all, when Croat opposition politicians are ar...

A quick, capsule review of the Queen's Speech debate in the Commons: Cameron was at his rapier-like best, while Brown performed his typical dodge-the-question act.  But the PM did have one trick up his sleeve, and quite a big trick it was too.  He announced an agreement between the Government and the UK's 8 largest banks, by which downturn-hit homeowners will be entitled to def...

Education Secretary welcomes new UK legislation.