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The two-day strike at BT on July 29 and August 1 sees 40,000 telecoms workers join with rail workers and hundreds of thousands of others in a growing fightback against the corporations and the Conservative government’s refusal to agree a living wage. This is the first company wide strike since …

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer on Monday said he’s “pragmatic” about renationalising transport and utilities after his shadow chancellor said the 2019 manifesto pledge had been “scrapped.” It comes as Great Manchester’s Labour Mayor Andy Burnham hailed the rejection of a legal challenge to his decision to bring bus …

She said the Jeremy Corbyn era pledge to bring rail, water, energy and Royal Mail back into public ownership was now unaffordable. Ms Reeves has vowed to fund all day-to-day spending with tax revenues and to bring down Britain’s growing debt mountain. “To be spending billions of pounds on nationalising …

A community campaign to reverse an “act of vandalism” and bring back a postbox to a Plymouth neighbourhood has been hailed a success. The removal of Stoke village’s post box provoked anger but residents, councillor Jemima Laing and Plymouth MP Luke Pollard petitioned for its return. The group has claimed …

Hundreds of locals had signed a petition calling for the return of the post box in Devonport Road Stoke Village could be set to get its post box back after an ‘act of vandalism’ removed it. Hundreds of locals had signed a petition calling for the return of the post …

On Monday afternoon, Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) General Secretary Mick Lynch confirmed that national rail strikes involving 50,000 workers would go ahead this Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. He complained that the union had been given “no choice” because the Conservative government had “actively prevented a settlement” from being …

Drugs, guns and fake money are being sold to Scots via a Russian version of WhatsApp. Brazen criminals are using Telegram to peddle their wares to thousands of users in exchange for cryptocurrency and even iTunes vouchers, a Sunday Mail probe has uncovered. The social media site – set up …

Since nuclear weapons were invented 77 years ago, many people have lived in fear of what would happen should one be detonated. The Ministry of Defence has clearly had similar thoughts after they built an underground city to be used in the event of a nuclear war. The site, formerly …

Perth and Kinross residents are being urged to be vigilant against “utterly horrific” text and email scams targeting those awaiting their COVID jabs. Constituents have even contacted a local MSP with their concerns after receiving messages claiming to be from the NHS health board or the government, which seek personal …

Lateral flow tests are in huge demand as coronavirus cases continue to soar across the capital – here’s where to get them when they run out online. The government website announced they have completely run out of both lateral flow test (LFT) kits and PCR booking slots around the country …