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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