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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

'Cry freedom from poverty,' says SSP leader

Wednesday 24 August 2005

SCOTTISH Socialist Party convener Colin Fox called for Scots to mark the 700th anniversary of the execution of William Wallace yesterday by "crying freedom" from poverty, inequality and injustice.

NUT cautions over primary school targets obsession

Wednesday 24 August 2005

THE National Union of Teachers hailed the good work of primary school teachers yesterday, but it warned ministers again over their obsession with "crude" educational targets.

Fall in asylum claims 'nothing to be proud of'

Wednesday 24 August 2005

REFUGEE campaigners warned yesterday that government boasts of a sharp drop in asylum applications are "nothing to be proud of."

Scots mark 700th anniversary of Wallace's death

Wednesday 24 August 2005

THE Scottish National Party and the William Wallace Society marked the 700th anniversary of the Scottish independence leader's death with events in Edinburgh and London yesterday.

Council workers stand prepared to strike

Wednesday 24 August 2005

NEARLY 2,000 council workers in Sefton, Merseyside, warned yesterday that they will will walk out on strike over the victimisation of union officials during a successful fight against privatisation of council homes.

Peace campaigner protests his innocence

Wednesday 24 August 2005

PEACE campaigner Chris Coverdale pleaded not guilty at Bow Street magistrates' court in London yesterday following his arrest during a protest in Parliament Square.

Gate Gourmet extends settlement deadline

Wednesday 24 August 2005

CALLOUS airline caterer Gate Gourmet extended its self-proclaimed deadline for going into administration yesterday, after last-minute negotiations with British Airways.

No 10 partly reveals Blair's summer holiday spot

Tuesday 23 August 2005

DOWNING Street lifted its news blackout yesterday on Prime Minister Tony Blair's holiday destination and revealed that he is staying in Barbados.

NUT insists exam marking by secretaries was not appropriate

Tuesday 23 August 2005

THE National Union of Teachers attacked exam board Edexcel yesterday, after revelations that it had used secretarial staff to mark important GCSE papers.

GMB calls for tax rules to curb 'flashy' company car culture

Tuesday 23 August 2005

GENERAL union GMB urged the Inland Revenue to tighten up tax rules yesterday to prevent executives claiming flashy "company" cars as a status symbol.