Fire Minister Brandon Lewis probably had a fair idea what Sir Ken Knight would deliver when he asked him to conduct an "independent" report into fire and rescue services in England.
As LGBT activists worldwide celebrate anti-homophobia day we are reminded of prevailing prejudice
Bradford has seen the launch of a new campaign to battle the sources of child sex exploitation - and combat far-right bids to make it a racial issue
Scottish construction workers pledged today to defend rates of pay amid mass unemployment in the crisis-hit sector.
Anti-austerity movement the People's Assembly launched a stinging attack today at a Queen's speech packed with "nasty right-wing populism."
Hundreds more libraries, children's centres, museums and sports halls could close across England if Con-Dem ministers slash council budgets any further, the Local Government Association (LGA) said today.
Brighton refuse workers facing a £4,000 pay cut are expected to end an unofficial strike tomorrow but are set to keep up their campaign of resistance.
Green Party London Assembly member Jenny Jones urged Boris Johnson today to make the living wage mandatory to stop people being priced out of the capital.
Health union Unison blamed growing problems in A&E departments on "massive disorganisation" caused by government policies today.
Prime Minister David Cameron was smarting today from a protest by leading Tory backbencher David Davis against government plans to bar immigrants from NHS treatment.
School support staff demanded that the living wage become the minimum rate of pay for all workers in British schools today.
Britain's Communists have condemned the Liberal Democrats for collaborating "in yet another vile attack on migrant workers and immigrants."