Archive: Trade Unions

Tories lash out at Miliband donation compromise

Miliband: No change on levy, but concessions on union donations

Ed Miliband moved to dramatically take the lead on the issue of party funding today when he called for donations to be capped at £5,000.

Miliband and Maude lock horns over party funding

Johnson wades in as Miliband savours union fight

The Week in Politics: The Miliband conundrum

The Miliband conundrum: perfect, and yet not perfect at all.

Friends say he's a nice young lad from north London. Dads say he's too ugly and left-wing.

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Johnson wades in as Miliband savours union fight

Alan Johnson: 'Ed has stated a simple fact'

Alan Johnson has returned fire against trade unions, in a rare return to frontline politics.

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Green party to unions: It's time to support us now

Green leader Caroline Lucas is the only MP the party has in the Commons.

The trade unions should give up on their relationship with the Labour party and support the Greens, the party has said.

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Harman: We are fighting spending cuts

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman defends Ed Miliband on the Today programme after Unite general secretary Len McCluskey turned on the opposition frontbench's approach to spending cuts:

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McCluskey: Unions will fight the Labour frontbench on cuts

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey launches a major attack on Ed Miliband's Labour leadership in an article for the Guardian newspaper:

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'Grim reality' of long-term unemployment feared

Public sector cuts will hit north-east and Northern Ireland the hardest

Public sector job cuts will have a devastating impact on local communities, the Trades Union Congress has warned.

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Gove paves way for purge of the teachers

Michael Gove wants big changes to teaching standards

Headteachers will find it much easier to get rid of poorly performing teachers under a shakeup of rules from Michael Gove.

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'New atmosphere' in public sector pensions talks brings deal closer

The coalition is coming close to claiming outright victory over trade unions after the bare bones of an agreement were reached in marathon talks yesterday.

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Unite: Bank workers deserve a strategic voice

The Unite union's national officer Dave Fleming comments on the government's decision to implement the findings of the Vickers report on banking reform in full:

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Strike aftermath: Unions and government pick up the pieces

A day after the marches, the war of words continues.

Unions and government ministers are trying to present themselves the victors of yesterday's historic strike action, as the war of words continued into this morning.

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After the strike, back to the drawing board?

Danny Alexander watches the prime minister during a recent speech. The chief secretary to the Treasury insisted there was more to discuss.

Unions and ministers are even disagreeing over whether they are still negotiating this morning, a day after a nationwide public sector strike.

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Cameron sets strike trap for Miliband

Two policemen watch the march during an earlier public sector strike.

David Cameron repeatedly tried to use Ed Miliband's relationship with the trade unions to his advantage today, as the public sector pensions strike looms.

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