Met Police staff to strike for the first time over work from home row

METROPOLITAN POLICE staff have voted to strike for the first time, having been ordered back to the office in the New Year.

Lack of social housing behind 14% rise in homelessness this year, study says

THE number of homeless people has risen by 14 per cent in a year due to “extortionate private rents” and a “dire lack of genuinely affordable” soci

Christmas of strikes - Fresh strikes to disrupt travel, Harrods, Whitehall and turkeys

Birmingham City Council settles £760m historic equal pay claim

THOUSANDS of underpaid women will finally receive their due after Birmingham City Council announced a settlement to its historic equal pay claim wi

Union urges public to respect travel workers after fatal attack

TRANSPORT unions today urged the public to respect travel workers over the festive season after a railway worker was fatally attacked at work.

Above-inflation pay rise is ‘vital part’ of rebuilding Britain's fire service, union says

THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) called for an above-inflation pay rise today, warning Labour that income restoration is a vital part of rebuilding th

‘Starmer risks dragging Britain into an all-out war’

Protesters demand government stop fuelling war and invest in public services instead

Increase sick pay within Employment Rights Bill, 24 union leaders tell government

TWENTY-FOUR union leaders have written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling on him to increase statutory sick pay (SSP).

Undercover police officer denies ‘preying on young women’

AN UNDERCOVER police officer denied that he preyed on young women while infiltrating animal rights activist groups in the 1980s, a public inquiry h

Elderly man dies after waiting 52 hours in A&E as hospitals ‘busier than ever’

THE shocking case of an elderly man left unable to swallow after waiting 52 hours in A&E has raised fresh concerns over the state of NHS urgent