Playing politics, profits and interest rates with the welfare of 31,000 elderly and vulnerable residents who have served this country all their lives is totally out of order and is a modern outrage...
Today's quarterly employment statistics from the ONS are once again a source of disappointment and concern for the North East. Unemployment in the region rose a further 4000, taking the total figure to 131,000 at the end of March. These figures firmly cement the region's position as the worst in the country with an unemployment rate of 10.4%.
Author Lucy Cavendish celebrates Adult Learners’ Week
UCU today accused Newcastle College of 'gross double standards', after the college announced plans to cut lecturers' pay, just months after it was revealed that the principal, Jackie Fisher, enjoyed a whopping 32% annual pay rise for 2009/2010.
Collaboration, not competition, must be driving force
Commenting on the mass lobby of parliament organised by Age UK today (Wednesday) involving women affected by the government's decision to bring forward plans to raise the state pension age, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
GMB is in further talks with the employers this afternoon seeking a formula to get members back to work and a financial settlement for those who wish to leave
Britnell saying that “the NHS will be a state insurance provider not a state deliverer†has revealed the real intentions of the Tory Party with the NHS bill before Parliament
New figures reveal women and young people bearing the brunt
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: