Homeless charity workers to strike in dispute over pay

Workers at homeless charity St Mungo’s will launch a month-long strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite will mount picket lines outside offices in London, Brighton, Bristol and Oxford. The union said the walkout was over a “pitiful” pay offer of 2.25%. Unite general secretary, Sharon …

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Warning for ‘antisocial’ Lamborghini driver after ‘revving engine at police scene’

Police say the orange Lamborghini revved its engine at officers (Image: GMP) Police have cracked down on a number of Lamborghini drivers who drove the supercars “antisocially” around Bolton at the weekend. Officers received “multiple reports” of the luxury Italian cars being driven antisocially and said that they have all been “identified”. In one incident, …

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Communists: prioritise ‘vital work’ of labour movement beyond the confines of electoral and parliamentary politics

SOCIALISTS were urged to carry out vital work “outside the confines” of electoral and parliamentary politics and despite Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s “purge of the left” at the Communist Party executive committee meeting yesterday. Communist Party industrial organiser Andy Bain warned: “Many Labour Party members and ex-members are demoralised …

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Ukrainian official hints counteroffensive coming ‘soon’

A Ukrainian official has indicated the country’s expected counteroffensive is coming “soon,” as Russian missiles hit Ukraine overnight and in a rarer daylight attack Monday. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said in a Telegram post that “the time will soon come when we will move to active …

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