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Editorial

No excuse for drone killings

Foreign Minister Alistair Burt's admission that the Cameron government has "supported" a survey of attitudes to US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas amounts to a tacit admission of British involvement.

Features

The Nigel buildings rent strike

by Richard Maunders

As Britain faces a new housing crisis we can learn from an occasion when tenants banded together to beat their landlord - and won new council housing

The truth about universal credit

by Michael Meacher

Iain Duncan Smith's brainchild came into force at the end of last month. It's bad news for almost everyone

Britain

Unions fight job cuts at Pontypool automotive plant

Thursday 25 August 2005

UNIONS representing over 600 workers at TRW Automotive in Pontypool condemned job cuts and "draconian" new working practices yesterday.

British order books slump

Thursday 25 August 2005

THE CBI warned yesterday that order books at British manufacturers have now shrunk to their weakest level for the past two years.

T&G urges Gate Gourmet: 'Move quickly'

Thursday 25 August 2005

INDUSTRY union T&G urged Gate Gourmet to "move quickly to resume negotiations" after another day of frustration yesterday for the union's 670 sacked members.

TUC reveals Victorian working conditions

Thursday 25 August 2005

THE TUC revealed yesterday that millions of British workers endure worse health and safety protection than their Victorian counterparts.

'Vindictive' officials send family to Malawi

Thursday 25 August 2005

REFUGEE campaigners condemned "vindictive" immigration officials yesterday, after they ruled that the Kachepa family must be deported to Malawi where experts insist that they face severe danger.

Aberdeen workers fear vast pay cuts

Thursday 25 August 2005

THOUSANDS of angry Aberdeen council workers threatened strike action yesterday over swingeing pay cuts.

'Roar like lions' says fired worker

Thursday 25 August 2005

SACKED Rolls-Royce shop steward Jerry Hicks will call on fellow workers to "roar like lions" this afternoon when he addresses a mass solidarity rally in Derby.

Muslim communities need a boost

Thursday 25 August 2005

THE TUC urged ministers to offer a radical programme of help for Muslim communities yesterday, after research showed that they suffer some of the worst poverty and ill-health in Britain.

Clarke unveils thought crime laws

Thursday 25 August 2005

CIVIL liberties campaigners warned yesterday that thousands of people could be kicked out of Britain to face torture or death under Home Secretary Charles Clarke's sweeping deportation programme.

Computer breakdown delays flights from Britain

Thursday 25 August 2005

AN AIR traffic control computer problem caused delays and cancellations of flights to and from British airports yesterday.