Editorial
Delay rather than resistance
Party political manoeuvring between the Greek social-democratic, conservative and fascist parties has delayed acceptance of the blackmail demands presented by the troika of European Union, International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
Features
An imperial adventure set to continue
The growing intervention in Syrian internal affairs demonstrates the West's blatant attempt to rally reactionary Arab forces in support of its continued domination of the region, says George Galloway
All prawn and no brains...
Jacqui Smith's bizarre call to get schmoozing with the City
Britain
BP chief boasts as profit tops £15bn
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Environmentalists recoiled today as BP announced annual profits worth its entire spending so far on victims of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Seafarers step up rights fight
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Seafarers from across Europe descended on Aberdeen today to pay their respects to fallen colleagues and demand an end to the exploitation of crews servicing oil and gas fields in the North Sea.
MPs warn elderly care in 'crisis'
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Senior MPs will warn tomorrow that fragmented and under-resourced services are creating a major crisis in elderly care.
Lloyds cuts frenzy throws 1,000 on dole
Tuesday 07 February 2012
A thousand jobs will be axed by Lloyds banking group in a "devastating" blow to workers and their local communities, finance unions revealed today.
Inquiry issues call for stalking law
Tuesday 07 February 2012
A cross-party group of MPs and peers drew praise from campaigners today after demanding that stalking be made a crime in England and Wales.
Heathrow Express workers back solidarity strike action
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Heathrow Express workers voted in favour of strike action today over the sacking of a driver and allegations that bosses victimised a union rep.
Unions reject moguls' press card sham
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Newspaper bosses' calls to swap press cards for a single industry "kitemark" are fuelled by market share not morals, trade unionists warned today.
First greenhouse gas rises since 2003 cause concern
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2010 for the first time since 2003, figures showed today.
School kids 'forced to skip meals'
Tuesday 07 February 2012
School and college students are being forced to skip meals in order to afford the bus following the scrapping of the education maintenance allowance, children's charity Barnardo's claimed today.