This Tory-led coalition government, despite promising that austerity was the way out of recession and into growth, has failed to ease the UK's financial woes, yet they persist in their brutal and relentless assault on our public services.

It is estimated that 700,000 jobs are being cut...

Warning bells should be sounding in Westminster in the run up to Christmas. While the government gears up for the recess and festive celebrations, hard-pressed families across the UK are wondering how they are going to put a turkey on the table this year.

What a seriously bleak midwinter...

Nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, dinner ladies and paramedics are lining up at the picket lines to protect their pensions during the biggest strike in living memory.

UNISON has said from the start that we want to reach a negotiated settlement, and that still stands. We were willing to...

Low paid local government workers are struggling to make ends meet right now - frozen pay, Government cuts and rising inflation have seen to that. This is why it is a kick in the teeth for them to hear that the pay of directors in the UK's top businesses have...

Our National Health Service celebrated its 63rd birthday last week. I think it's been one of the great success stories of the past century - an institution dedicated to treating the sick, relieving suffering, and saving lives, regardless of ability to pay.

Apart from the fact that the NHS...