Union

Ed Balls Heckled By Unions For Supporting Pay Freeze

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK Politics

Labour's shadow chancellor stood his ground over the need for pay restraint in the public sector today in the face of growing union anger which threat...

Tube Workers Reject London Olympics Pay Deal

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

Leaders of London Underground workers, the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, have rejected a pay offer for staff working during the London 201...

Picking Sides: Free v Popular Speech

Jonty Langley | Posted 12.02.2012 | UK Politics
Jonty Langley

It is so important to hate Jeremy Clarkson for the right reasons. Doing so on ridiculous grounds just spoils it for the rest of us. I say this assuming you do hate him, which I don't recommend. It only encourages him.

'Recession Is Risk To Human Rights'

Huffington Post UK | Sarah Marsh | Posted 13.12.2011 | UK Politics

The biggest risk to human rights comes from Britain's economic downturn, the chairman for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) warned today...

Making the Right to Strike Fair

Tim Leunig | Posted 29.01.2012 | UK Politics
Tim Leunig

The right to strike is an important one, but it is not one that should be unfettered. The public and private sectors should be treated equally.

DWP Offshoring U-Turn a Pyrrhic Victory for British IT Workers

Mark Hillary | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK Tech
Mark Hillary

It's a week now since technology giant Hewlett Packard (HP) tore up their plan to send 200 IT support jobs for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offshore to India. Faced with the target of a 40 per cent cut in department costs it seems the DWP was willing to 'offshore' the jobs to a lower cost location, but as the celebrations die down have any jobs really been saved?

Lucy Sherriff

10% Of Students Dissatisfied With Their Degrees, Student Survey Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 17.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Universities have been warned they will be under pressure to raise standards in the face of increased tuition fees after figures showed nearly one in ...