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
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
Iain Duncan Smith's brainchild came into force at the end of last month. It's bad news for almost everyone
Britain
Union signals AA call centre job cuts
Friday 19 August 2005
GENERAL union GMB warned yesterday that breakdown service AA is preparing to axe yet more jobs at its call centres in Newcastle upon Tyne and Cardiff.
Kurdish activists highlight repression in Iran
Friday 19 August 2005
KURDISH and human rights activists will protest at Downing Street today against brutal abuses in Iran.
GMB welcomes 'victory for common sense'
Friday 19 August 2005
GENERAL union GMB hailed a "victory for common sense" yesterday, after an internal disciplinary hearing reinstated a London parking attendant who had been suspended for visiting the toilet.
NUT urges reform for exam system
Friday 19 August 2005
THE National Union of Teachers praised A-level students for their "outstanding" results yesterday, but also urged reforms to the examination system.
'Don't fill Canadian news void'
Friday 19 August 2005
BRITISH broadcast unions demanded assurances from the BBC yesterday that it will not help union-busting Canadian media moguls.
Menezes lawyers press for inquiry
Friday 19 August 2005
LAWYERS representing the family of execution victim Jean Charles de Menezes demanded an urgent public inquiry into his death at the hands of armed police yesterday.
CWU wecomes proportional pricing of mail according to size and shape of packages
Friday 19 August 2005
THE Communication Workers Union welcomed the introduction of "pricing in proportion" yesterday, meaning that, from next year, the cost of posting letters and packets will be dependent on their size and shape as well as weight.
Burning boat sparks closure
Friday 19 August 2005
THE coastguard forced passenger ferry company Wightlink to suspend its services today, after withdrawing its safety certificates.
Students can seek places through clearing
Friday 19 August 2005
EDUCATION experts said yesterday that students should not give up hope of a university place if their A-level grades are not all that they were hoping for.