August 18, 2011
For the seventh year, London Transport Museum is hosting five days of safety workshops for children during Be Safe Week. The five days of workshops between 22- 26 August will cover safety awareness for travelling by bus, road, river and rail. The week of events is aimed at families with young children, aged five and ...
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August 10, 2011
People would be horrified to know that the sugar in their cup of tea this morning may be propping up Fijian generals busy jailing or harassing ordinary working people says UK unions GMB and TUC are today (Monday) calling on Tate & Lyle sugar refineries in London to challenge the Fijian military government to end ...
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August 4, 2011
The government’s claim it will protect lower paid public servants from cuts to pay and pensions is destroyed by figures that show the pensions increase would wipe out any salary rise. Calculations by the Public and Commercial Services union, using the latest information available from ministers, show a civil servant who is paid £16,700 a ...
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August 4, 2011
Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka has backed a call for the release of the comedian and activist Jonathan May-Bowles, known as Jonnie Marbles, who was jailed for throwing a foam pie in the face of Rupert Murdoch. Signing a petition to home secretary Theresa May, set up by Defend the Right ...
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July 22, 2011
Ken Livingstone has taken a novel approach to communicating with the people of London by posting videos on YouTube. He says that he can’t match Boris Johnson’s expensive, glossy adverts, but he can talk directly to us. Now London has published the latest of Ken’s videos on the page KEN TV – we will be ...
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