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UK TalkTalk call centre set to close
By our correspondent, May 24, 2012
Nearly 400 jobs are set to be lost at the major UK telecom company TalkTalk.
Leveson inquiry: Damning evidence of political corruption of Labour and Conservative parties
By Robert Stevens, May 21, 2012
The charging of former editor Rebekah Brooks with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the police investigation into the News of the World phone hacking scandal has overshadowed revealing testimony given at the Leveson inquiry into press ethics.
UK prime minister warns of euro zone break-up
By Julie Hyland, May 19, 2012
UK Prime Minister David Cameron used a speech to business leaders in Manchester to set out his government’s prescription for the euro zone on the eve of the G8 summit.
“Green-on-Blue” attacks on foreign troops increase in Afghanistan
By Harvey Thompson, May 18, 2012
Two British soldiers were shot dead last week by Afghan policemen, the latest in a rising tide of “green-on-blue” attacks on foreign forces in Afghanistan by supposed allies in the more than decade-long occupation and counterinsurgency.
Murdoch scandal: Rebekah Brooks charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
By Chris Marsden, May 16, 2012
Former editor Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, are two of six people charged yesterday in connection with the Murdoch-News International phone hacking scandal.
East London tenants evicted in run-up to Olympics
By Robert Stevens, May 15, 2012
Tenants in east London are being evicted from their homes in the run-up to the London Olympics Games, to be held July 27–August 12.
UK trade unions mount much reduced one-day pension strike
By Robert Stevens, May 12, 2012
The strike called by several UK trade unions on Thursday represented a further stage of the demobilisation of workers in the face of a government onslaught on pay, conditions and pensions.
UK public sector workers speak out against attacks on pension rights
By our reporters, May 12, 2012
WSWS reporting teams spoke to some of those who participated in Thursday’s strike against government pension cuts.
UK Tories and Lib-Dems insist no retreat on austerity in Queen’s speech
By Julie Hyland, May 11, 2012
Britain’s Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition laid out its legislative programme for the year in the Queen’s speech to parliament on Wednesday.
London to be militarised for 2012 Olympics
By Richard Tyler, May 9, 2012
Billions of pounds are being provided to the police, military and intelligence agencies to fund a mobilisation of state forces on a scale never seen in London in peacetime.
Growing use of food banks in the UK
By Barry Mason, May 9, 2012
Nearly 130,000 people, including more than 45,000 children, used food banks operated by the Trussell Trust in the UK last year.
Socialist Party defends betrayal of UK pension dispute
By Tony Robson, Chris Marsden, May 7, 2012
The decision of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) to abandon a planned strike to defend public sector pensions has caused extreme embarrassment to the Socialist Party.
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