Only a few days left before the decisive election on the 3rd of May. Londoners will have the chance to decide who will manage the affairs of our great city for the next 4 years. It is therefore...
NASUWT members from Dales ward in Nottingham lobbied Councillor David Mellen on Saturday morning against the introduction of a five term year in Nottingham. 18 members, more than 25% of our members...
The UK’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, [...]
UNISON's ballot of health service members over the Government's derisory "work longer, pay more, get less" "final offer" on the NHS Pension Scheme closed on Friday, and theread more
Yesterday afternoon Labour Mayor Candidate Ken Livingstone was in Newham for the annual march by Sikh's to celebrate Vaisakhi" their New Year.
Ken seen here (centre) with ast Ham P read more
This already came out the second time Murdoch Jnr was in front of the DCMS committee, but page 279 of the rather ace Dial M for Murdoch is worth a read.read more
Mike Kirby, UNISON’s Scottish Secretary, reflects on the political situation in a Morning Star interview to mark the end of his term of office as President of the Scottish TUC:...
: SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Sunday 29th April 2012 Today's column in the Sun Is the Milibot beginning to malfunction The Labour leader was interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme on Wednesday and repeatedly told us he was saying something without actually saying . anything What I say is this , he said . He went on in the same vein : I do say” , I do believe” , I do think” , let me speak to that point” , etc . It was as if the person being interviewed was a tiny alien living inside the head of the Leader of the Opposition giving a running commentary on what his host was doing . Even by his own robotic standards , it was . weird At the conclusion of the interview , I half expected him to start muttering to himself : What I get up to do is this” , I do get up” , I
Last week I heard that one of our employers wants to meet my trade union branch to "discuss" closing their defined benefit ension scheme. At the same time an union pension trustee colleague sent me his link to an article by the "Daily Telegraph" on defined benefit schemes...
Picture of London UNISON Convener Gloria Hanson and NEC member Irene Stacey (left) with Labour Mayor Candidate Ken Livingstone. In my (totally unbiased view) t is absolutely vital that everyone who cares about public services in London goes out next Thursday and votes for Ken and all Labour...
Last Saturday I was campaigning in Arthingworth Street, West Ham, E15 with my fellow ward Councillor, Freda Bourne.
I took this picture of the memorial to 25 year old Police Constable Nina Mackay. She had been murdered in 1997 at this address while trying to arrest a mentally ill man. I can...
Great template leaflet from London Labour Housing Group for Social Housing residents (double click to bring up detail) but I think everyone is interested in affordable housing. 
The theme for this World Malaria Day is ‘sustain gains, save lives’. As with the other two diseases which have received a huge boost from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, this disease is on the cusp … Continue reading →
"Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Republican government commissioned Picasso to...It's a bit rude but all about Posh Boy No. 2. From the same folk who gave us the superb "The Common People". 
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Check out "The Levellers were a political movement during the period of the English Civil War. They were ahead of their time, with beliefs in democracy, religious tolerance, and social justice. It was the Levellers' highest ranking supporter in the Army, Colonel...Happy St George's Days! Billy Bragg - New EnglandHappy St George Day! The Clash "This is England". While I am proud to be elsh/Scots have to accept that I have chosen to pend most of my adult life n England. So Happy St Georges Day!
RESULTS UK is delighted to welcome Dr Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka to the UK, an experienced pediatrician and powerful advocate child health from Kampala, Uganda. Continue reading →
This is a picture of me this morning in Greenwich Park just before the London Marathon 2012. The calm before the storm. I did the London marathon in 2002 and swore afterwards never to do it ever again. ut last year thought "it wasn't that bad? surely its time to do another one". So I...: SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Sunday 22nd April 2012 Today's column in The Sun There’s trouble brewing in the Coalition . No , I’m not talking about the conservatory tax even the environmental whackos in the Lib Dems have agreed to ditch that The issue is constitutional . reform On the face of it , Nick Clegg’s proposals to reform the House of Lords are quite sensible . Better to have an elected second chamber than rely on political appointees like Lord Ahmed , the Labour peer who was suspended earlier this week for offering a 10m reward” for anyone who brought Tony Blair to justice for war . crimes” And it looks as though Clegg has the backing of the Prime Minister . Downing Street confirmed on Friday that House of Lords reform will be the centrepiece of the
Now less than 24 hours to go. I've prepared my running gear. My number is 34030 and I'm wearing a bright (fluorescent!) yellow "Alone in London" running vest on top of blue tee shirt and black tights. The weather forecast is sunshine but some light showers n the afternoon so I'll...<
This is a picture from the UNISON Headquarters telebank on Thursday evening. London Assembly member candidate Murad Qureshi joined us on the "dog and bone". We were alling UNISON members in my beloved Newham. Despite a few technical problems we managed to finish the list and then move on to...
Last Sunday performers from all over the UK came down to lend their voices for Live Below The Line - a campaign which provides people with a rare opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of those living in extreme poverty, and get a glimpse at the heart-breaking decisions they have to make on a daily basis, by challenging people to live on £1 a day for 5 days for their food and drink. Continue reading →
Now there is ess than 3 days to go before the start of the London Marathon 2012. Week 26 of my marathon training finished on Sunday when I did my last long run in Epping Forest. Starting from Queen Elizabeth hunting lodge in Chingford then a 75 minute run around and inside the forest. Epping...
Aimee interned with RESULTS UK last year as one of our Regional Fundraising Coordinators for the Live Below The Line Campaign. Since leaving RESULTS she has been getting up to all kinds of interesting work allover the world. We're all really proud of what's she achieving and wanted to share some of her success! Continue reading →: SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Thursday 19th April 2012 A reply to Lisa Nandy's attack on free schools in the New Statesman I was slightly disappointed that Lisa Nandy saw fit to attack the West London Free School in the course of making her case against free schools in general in the New Statesman . One of the courtesies that both sides of this argument generally observe is not to single out individual schools for criticism . She claimed that the proportion of children on Free School Meals at the WLFS is 23 compared to an average of 32 at the five neighbouring schools . I don't know how she’s defining neighbouring schools but the five closest schools to the West London Free School as the crow flies are Godolphin Latymer , Ravenscourt Prep , Latymer Upper , Sacred
This evening I helped out the abour Party campaign in Tower Hamlets where there is a council by-election in Spitalfields ward. This by-election was caused by the jailing of the former "Independent" Councillor (and supporter of the "independent" Mayor Lutfur Rachman) for housing benefit fraud....International Workers' Memorial Day (IWMD) takes place around the world on 28 April each year, with many wearing the purple forget-me-knot ribbon.
nbsp; The day and the ribbon are about remembering those who have died, been injured or made ill by their work, and about renewing our demand for...
We held our Live Below The Line Live Lounge last Sunday, and we are very pleased to say it was a great success. Continue reading →
Last weekend was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Which obviously was a great tragedy at the time. However, Michael Walker at Hayes People History osts here about the many myths and some ugly truths about the disaster. The worse being that your chances of survival that...
Ed Miliband's announcement today that he supports cap on political donations of £5k as long as trade union levy payer are allowed to affiliate for £3 each per year could be basis for some sort of compromise over political funding. A £3 per year levy would work out at about 5 new pence...: SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Sunday 15th April 2012 Today's column in The Sun In the Westminster Village , speculation has been rife this week that a couple of high-profile Tory MPs are about to defect to the UK Independence . Party One name in the frame is Nadine Dorries , the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire . Her seat looks certain to disappear in the forthcoming boundary changes and , given how critical she has been of the party leadership , she’s unlikely to get another . Will she be willing to throw in her lot with UKIP leader Nigel Farage if he promises her a safe seat in the European Parliament To read more , click here COMMENT COMMENTS SO FAR : 0 FIXED LINK EMAIL TO A FRIEND RT Sun_Politics Clegg , Huhne , Cable , Alexander will all lose seats .
For some reason or other the Tax Evader's Alliance (which is also known as the Tax Payers Alliance/ TPA) id not use this post's itle for their "report" published yesterday about Council Pensions (the LGPS - ocal government pension scheme) Funding. Instead they continued with their...
This pdf (front page) was circulated amongst UNISON London regional International committee members via our Chair Ruby Cox.
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This campaign encourages schools to check their their uniforms are not made by child labour makes perfect sense.
"Ethical products can...