Red Ed? Come off it: A pitch for the centre September 28, 2010 POLITICAL EDITOR’S ANALYSIS ED MILIBAND’S inaugural leaders’ speech will not be remembered for its rhetorical flair. There was none of the barrister’s flourish that characterised Tony Blair’s excellent performances. For all its talk of optimism, it lacked the hopeful oratory that Barack Obama offered the US electorate in 2008. When David Cameron gave his first [...]
London faces rotten rubbish September 16, 2010 HUNDREDS of thousands of Londoners could face the threat of rotting rubbish this winter after the GMB union threatened to ballot its members over a strike. The proposed industrial action raises raises the prospect of the first national bin strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1978/79, when uncollected sacks of rubbish piled up in [...]
London faces rotten rubbish September 16, 2010 HUNDREDS of thousands of Londoners could face the threat of rotting rubbish this winter after the GMB union threatened to ballot its members over a strike. The proposed industrial action raises raises the prospect of the first national bin strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1978/79, when uncollected sacks of rubbish piled up in [...]
King tells the unions cuts are only option September 15, 2010 MERVYN King launched a broadside against bankers’ bonuses yesterday, telling unions they were right to be angry at the industry – but he warned there was no alternative to swingeing spending cuts to reduce the deficit. Speaking at the Trades Union Congress annual conference in Manchester, the Bank of England governor said the economic crisis [...]
King tells the unions cuts are only option September 15, 2010 MERVYN King launched a broadside against bankers’ bonuses yesterday, telling unions they were right to be angry at the industry – but he warned there was no alternative to swingeing spending cuts to reduce the deficit. Speaking at the Trades Union Congress annual conference in Manchester, the Bank of England governor said the economic crisis [...]
BA cuts ground staff deal September 13, 2010 British Airways ground staff at Heathrow airport have accepted a settlement in a long-running dispute over pay and staffing levels, the GMB and Unite unions said yesterday. The deal, which covers 2,850 staff, will see the reduction of 500 jobs by March 2011, more flexible working conditions and the introduction of a one-year pay freeze.
Network Rail, British Gas set to strike March 23, 2010 NETWORK Rail and British Gas joined the ranks of British Airways (BA) yesterday after staff at the two companies voted in favour of a strike action. Network Rail sat down with the Rail, Maritime & Transport (RMT) union yesterday to come to an agreement over a proposal by the rail operator to cut 1,500 maintenance [...]
British Gas workers vote to strike March 23, 2010 BRITISH Gas workers have voted to strike over what they have branded macho management and bullying. The strikes would affect gas service engineers, central heating boiling engineers and distribution depot workers, the union added. No strike dates have been set among the 8,000 GMB members and the company, part of Centrica, has been given a [...]
BA and unions agree a deal over pensions March 16, 2010 BRITISH Airways and trade unions came to an agreement yesterday on plans to reduce the airline’s £3.7bn pension deficit. The proposals will see staff given the chance to either receive lower benefits and keep their current levels of contribution or opt out to pay 4.5 per cent extra to maintain their current pensions benefit. The [...]
Donations to Tories dwarf Labour February 24, 2010 THE Tories will fight the next election with a huge war chest of cash, after raking in twice as much as Labour in donations. David Cameron’s party reported donations totalling £10.5m in the last three months of 2009, dwarfing the £4.9m raised by Labour. Sir Nigel Doughty, founder of private equity house Doughty Hanson & [...]