Ruling may bring many new asbestos claims

Campaigners have said that a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court may bring a flood of new asbestos claims made by victims who were just schoolchildren at the time they were exposed to it. It [...]

Strikes planned as Hutton publishes report

Strikes are already being planned in reaction to proposals, published by Lord Hutton, which will force public sector workers to work longer for a less generous pension. The Labour peer’s landmark [...]

More pensioners at work

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show the number of workers aged 65 or over has grown by 500,000 in the past decade. At the end of last year the figure stood at 870,000 [...]

Officers sacked in private

New figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that about 160 police officers every year are sacked following misconduct hearings which are held in private. The [...]