Editorial
Ghouls get their way
British politicians who demanded that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi die more quickly to fall in line with Scottish doctors' assessment of his life expectancy can finally relax.
Features
Attack of the drones
The immoral and irresponsible use of unmanned aerial assault vehicles
Riches for some, pain for the rest of us
The dire statistics underpinning EU attempts to rein in the recession
Britain
Council plans to scrap holiday wage
Thursday 25 November 2004
BRIGHTON'S teaching assistants begin a two-day strike against attacks on their holiday payments this morning.
PCS challenges 'high-handed' bonus scheme
Thursday 25 November 2004
CIVIL Service union PCS will challenge "high-handed" bosses at the Department for Work and Pensions in the High Court today over their imposition of a "divisive and discriminatory" bonus system on staff.
Lorry drivers' unions fight for shorter hours
Thursday 25 November 2004
ROAD haulage unions vowed to "fight back for drivers" in a joint campaign for a maximum 48-hour week yesterday.
Green groups criticise housing report
Thursday 25 November 2004
GREEN campaigners warned yesterday that plans to boost house building will "trash the environment, while doing little to solve the housing crisis."
Unions damn new privatisation bid
Thursday 25 November 2004
RAIL unions declared plans to reprivatise South Eastern Trains a "betrayal" of the hopes of passengers and public yesterday and called on ministers to keep the franchise in house.
RMT damns mouthy Tory over attack on Tube staff
Thursday 25 November 2004
RAIL union RMT slammed loudmouthed London Tory Roger Evans's attack on workers' rights as "prehistoric" yesterday.
Meeting calls for removal of monarchy
Thursday 25 November 2004
REPUBLICAN campaigners will demand the removal of Britain's "outdated" monarchy and its replacement with an elected and accountable head of state at a meeting in Manchester tonight.
NUJ joins chorus against Ofcom review
Thursday 25 November 2004
BRITAIN'S journalists joined the growing chorus of opposition to the "dumbing down" of ITV yesterday.
UNISON urges MPS to show support for end to domestic violence
Thursday 25 November 2004
PUBLIC-SECTOR union UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis urged MPs to wear white ribbons today, in support of the UN-designated international day for the elimination of violence against women.