It is hard to imagine people turning out to vote for Labour at the by-election, the way they once did to support Malcolm Wicks - not with the legacy of New Labour fresh in people's minds.

We can bemoan the privatisation agenda all we like, but it exists nonetheless, and I'd rather spend my time supporting students to work with other workers and unions to negotiate better conditions, including a living wage.

Earlier this week, the right-wing thinktank Policy Exchange published a new report calling for regional pay to replace national pay in the public sect...

Changing the pay rates of public sector workers, including NHS staff, to reflect regional differences would be an "unworkable, divisive nightmare", un...

Labour lost 16 million votes in the 2010 general election. There are local elections in just under one month's time. This is Labour's opportunity to show people that we are on their side, that we share their struggles and their fears. Too many people feel ignored by the political class.

Union leaders have accused the Government of "fooling" hundreds of thousands of low-paid council workers out of a promised £250 pay rise. Unison s...

Unison has staged a one-of-a-kind Valentine's Day stunt, urging the government not to break their hearts by "breaking the NHS", in a photo opportunity...

The government appears to have escaped a major rebellion from influential Royal Colleges over its plans for overhauling the NHS. The 20 Colleges th...

Ed Miliband has been accused of "breathtaking naivety" and playing "cheap politics" by the Unison union leader Dave Prentis, after the Labour party sa...

UNISON, Britain's largest trade union , voted on Tuesday to give the union's negotiators the green light to continue discussions with government minis...

Seven weeks ago, I reported to the House that in an effort to secure agreement, the Government was making a new offer to public service workers. De...

The government has announced its final offer on public sector pensions changes, after talks led to a broad agreement with most trade unions representi...

The PCS union representing hundreds of thousands of civil servants has rejected the government's latest offer for a public sector pensions settlement,...

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 for the 2.64million now unemployed and the millions of low paid workers, suffering from pay freezes in the face of high inflation.

Has Owen Jones gone native? The 'Chavs' author appears to have turned against the public sector after reading a discarded copy of the Daily Mail. ...