Town hall payrolls have swelled by 179,000 employees since 1997 in what ministers describe as an "explosion" in local government jobs and bureaucracy, it...
Michael Gove has been warned the Government may be breaking EU employment laws in allowing schools to become academies.The National Secular Society claims the...
The Co-op has launched its most "radical" corporate ethical plan, pledging to sell more Fairtrade products, cut carbon emissions, invest in community projects and...
Britain is urgently reviewing its arms export licences to Bahrain after a fierce military crackdown was unleashed against protesters in the Gulf kingdom.Hundreds of...
US stocks have finished higher after a strong manufacturing report overshadowed a bigger-than-expected rise in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits.The Federal...
