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Construction workers call for bosses' to stand trial as HSE finds over half of building sites unsafe
Watchdog investigation closes down 13 unsafe building sites, hands 85 enforcement notices and warns 201 others
Ranks of co-ordinated action swelled by local government workers fighting for decent pay
Vulnerable children being failed by cuts to crucial protection services
Everywhere but inner London suffering from depressed job growth and temp work boom
Party leader insists dialogue with employers is the only answer and refuses to support July's two million-worker strike
Shady construction bosses fail to get their hands on victimised workers’ private data
Trade unionists urge members to say Yes to biggest public-sector walkout in years
Union leaders criticise coalition posturing as cost-of-living crisis deepens
Charity bosses urged not to exploit forced labour available through Con-Dem “workfare” programme which begins today
Racism row further engulfs Ukip as election candidate suggest actor and comedian Lenny Henry should go and live in a 'black country' if he thinks ethnic minorities are under-represented on British TV
Three courts in England begin pilots of a new scheme allowing vulnerable witnesses and victims to give their best evidence to criminal trials before those trials begin
Government vetoes huge payouts for RBS bankers — while fighting to scrap EU cap
But 75 premises have already been shut or franchised
Courageous campaigners take up the mantle against sellers of torture devices after authorities refuse to act
Inspectorate finds inmates living in filth and without window panes at HMYOI Brinsford
Country owes £10.7 billion more than official forecasts suggested thanks to counterproductive Tory policies
Energy giant pushed up bills by 10.2% in the run-up to the dispute — but offered below-inflation pay boost to workers
NASUWT Conference: Shadow education secretary says allegations highlight failed centralisation bid
NASUWT Conference: Poignant speech points out price of growing culture of checks and monitoring
Survey finds teaching, planning and grading by unqualified staff on the rise in nearly two-thirds of schools
Staff suffering cuts to conditions and wages at the hands of privateers Care UK
Unions and campaign groups called for an end to violence against journalists in Ukraine
A total of 543 assaults by prisoners on officers were referred to the police in 2012
But RMT warns 500 carriages may end up in privateers' hands
Pupils left without resources while Michael Gove throws money at academies and free schools
In a speech outlining Labour's approach to immigration, Yvette Cooper called for minimum jail terms for sweatshop owners and gangmasters
But minister talks down statutory rule to reveal low pay firms
A disabled asylum-seeker told the Star yesterday that he was beaten by staff tasked to deliver him to Heathrow airport
Schizophrenia sufferer died at Brixton police station after officers used 'unsuitable force'
Privateer Capita presiding over a 'scandalous' backlog of claims for personal independence payments
PCS union in talks with bosses over staffing and opening hours cuts
Cable and Fallon to face Commons business committee over why Royal Mail was sold to investors at below its market value, cheating the taxpayer out of £1.4bn
Capital's private-sector renters dealt double blow as profiteering landlords refuse access to crisis-hit housing market to the quarter of city households on housing benefit
World's biggest catering firm Compass faces defeat as unionised workers secure unprecedented rise from £6.31 to £9.10, bringing new staff pay into line with older employees
As ministers abandon cruel massacre, Princess Royal holds forth on badgers and horse meat
Campaigners reveal creeping privatisation
Devon County Council plans to slash £110m from spending, hitting services for the young
2.7% rise accepted after Babcock Marine bosses drop insulting 1% offer
London Assembly members approve 'no confidence' vote over mayor's investment plan
Low-paid workers missed out by 'poorly targeted' measure
National Audit Office reveals privileged few snapped up extra shares early
Ministry of Justice plans to sell off 70% of the probation service
Undercover cops still allowed to have sex with targets.
Long-term youth unemployment doubles.
Rip-off energy firms face competition investigation
Attorney General Dominic Grieve gives new hope to the family of Private Cheryl James
MPs and charities duel over legality of strikes
Workers to be chucked on scrapheap to drive up profits
Ofsted school inspections in England are set to be overhauled
Mocking Tories faced a huge backlash yesterday after a party poster exposed their true thoughts on working people.
Cross-party MPs pay tribute to left stalwart
Chancellor George Osborne's Budget decisions were given a roasting by opposition MPs for failing to offer help to ordinary people
The mayor plans to buy three retired German water cannon within weeks, at a cost of up to £300,000.
Furious health workers demonstrated outside Bristol Royal Infirmary over pay freeze
'Lorry load' of files destroyed in just 2 days
CND shows Osborne the true cost of wasteful nuclear weapons
GMB praises modern fighters for union rights
Cuts backfire as health service forced to rehire thousands of sacked staff
Coalition proposals to clamp down on abuse of zero-hours contracts would fail to stem exploitation of workers
Trade unions demand living wage for all workers
Haringey tenants' fury at Labour-led sales jaunt
Islington Council has joined Tower Hamlets in the fight to stamp out blacklisting
Unions, NGOs and business leaders join forces for equality
Thousands suffer after £1.2bn funding cut
Napo announces March 31 walkout
Online giant handed 55,000-signature petition
State-owned bank to dish out £500m despite losses
Banks expert says mis-selling, insider trading and money laundering continue over 5 years after the financial crash
Mayor Boris Johnson and Metropolitan Police fail to make the case for purchasing further cannon
New rules aimed at opening energy industry to small firms 'fall well short' of what's needed
Union says the 'bullying' firm refused to hand over information held on union officials
Strasbourg protest takes aim at plans to franchise rail across Britain and the continent
Aristocrats boosting their fortunes renting to poverty-stricken tenants
The minimum wage is failing British workers and needs to be reformed
Campaigners storm offices in bid to nab construction boss McAlpine
Bailed-out banking group to downsize staff by a quarter within 5 years as it drops risky investments
Plans unveiled by Iain Duncan Smith require migrants to earn £150 a week to qualify for welfare help
Unemployment now stands at 7.2% but millions lack security in part-time, zero-hours and minimum wage jobs
Condor Ferries exploits loophole to scam its seafarers
'serious budget restrictions' caused by cuts across the fire service were creating problems
Tory slash-and-burn policies continue to wreak havoc on the Environment Agency
Exhausted staff caught sleeping, as more and more hours and duties are being heaped on hospital employees
'Scrooges' victimise workers to stop them speaking out against practices
Warts-and-all words from the man behind the Creation myth
Barclays raises payouts despite falling profits
Labour leader accuses Cameron of giving up climate change fight
Shocking service by cowboy train privateers has riled more than half of their passengers
Minister warns of crushing blow to communities
Consumer group Which? calls for investigation over billing errors and poor service
Petition started by Green MP Caroline Lucas demands evidence-based reassessment of 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act
Labour London Assembly members call for a new London Housing Corporation to build vital homes
Nicola Sturgeon claims ban on currency union aims to force a No vote on independence
Council leader Sir Albert Bore warns of 'end of local government as we know it'
GMB claims the move would fail to boost competition or lower prices
Row erupts as Eric Pickles tries to deflect attention from budget cutbacks
Mr Cable cost the taxpayer £1 billion by setting the share price too low
High Court rules workers hold no right to fight mistreatment unless they have cash to spare
Thousands of Metropolitan Police civilian staff will strike for two days next week over the imposition of pay cuts
Fresh talks will be held to try to resolve the bitter dispute over LU ticket office closures
Government forks out after slashing funding
Critics worry the cannon will be used to quash people's right to protest
Barclays denies significant reductions to its branch network
Boris Johnson challenged as housing shortage crisis deepens
Union welcomes decision to defend jobs
A Second rail union is to join RMT in two 48-hour strikes
Protesters drive off far-right as Vona attempts to rally hatred in London
The clock is ticking for the Home Secretary to ban a far right Hungarian politician
'Several tons of salt' needed to accept ministers' claim that wages are outstripping inflation
Six million households in Britain are behind on their energy bills
Prosecutors admitted that the trial prosecution was responsible for a "catastrophic failure of disclosure"
MPs lay into energy giants over Christmas power failures
Profiteering privateers to get hands on NHS data
probation trusts have received formal notice that their contracts will end on May 31
Police use of high-powered water cannon against protesters in London looms closer
Labour leader plans competition boost against 'big five'
Tories race to flog successful line before election
Campaign lays into Cameron spending boast
Tory threats to leave the authoritarian neoliberal bloc are "hogwash," activists charge
Labour sees through David Cameron's speech on bonuses
Labour calls for stronger minimum wage as unions warn cost of living crisis still growing
Unions give cautious welcome to shadow education secretary's proposals
London Underground workers ramp up their fight to keep ticket offices open
Refugee charity urges government to end imprisonment of young asylum-seekers whose age is disputed
G4s and Sarco fail to meet contractual standards for asylum-seekers accommodation
Worldwide demos press state to end violence
Rail union members vote for strike action
Historic Clerkenwell station closed for good
Prices set to continue to rise as help-to-buy scheme drive's inflation housing market
Retired staff had to be brought in to provide a skeleton emergency service and in Liverpool untrained volunteers have been used to provide cover.
Pensioners say plan is just window dressing