1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (142+ words) UNIONS have raised safety concerns after Londoners began hiring driverless taxis for the first time today. Rides in Wayve’s 15 licensed autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app. The cars will still come with a licensed human driver sitting in…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (727+ words) Unite hits back as government says there will be no bailout UNITE vowed to leave no stone unturned while 4,000 Jaguar Land Rover jobs hang in the balance as the government ruled out a bailout ahead of a crunch meeting with…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (843+ words) Some thinkers and authors on the right are openly discussing the possibility that the historically successful party of the British ruling class may be exhausted, writes KEITH FLETT ROB WARZYNIAK wades knee deep through a pile of ‘dead canaries’ of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (499+ words) ANDY BURNHAM, like all politicians who think of themselves as social democrats, is compelled by the logic of the capitalist system to choose between spending which begins to satisfy the legitimate desires, and indeed demands, of working people or meet…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (303+ words) KEMI BADENOCH named Alex Burghart deputy leader of the Tory Party today as part of a reshuffle of her low-impact top team. Mr Burghart, who leads for the Conservatives on the Cabinet Office and Northern Ireland, is regarded as a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (584+ words) THE Insource Now! campaign being launched by the RMT and Unison unions shames a Labour government that promised “the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation,” but has actually seen increased spending on private contractors within public services. High-profile campaigns…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (394+ words) ADDITIONAL taxes to fund social care in England are backed by just under a quarter of the public, research from the Health Foundation revealed today. The think tank found younger people are less likely to support this approach, as Prime…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (167+ words) TRAIN drivers are set to receive an above-inflation pay rise of 3.6 per cent. The wage deal between Avanti West Coast and the Aslef union is the first to be approved under the Prime Minister, who frequently travels up from the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (409+ words) ANDY BURNHAM’S interview on BBC News yesterday showed a Prime Minister who appears to be grappling sincerely with the dilemmas of Britain’s criminal justice system. He announced that the emergency release scheme will not allow prisoners guilty of unlawful killing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (709+ words) JOHN HEALEY is “only putting on pause” his plans for increasing Britain’s military spending until after the next election, peace campaigners warned today. Unpopular cuts to social spending are likely to have played a role in this “welcome retreat” from…...