The Cabinet Office boss has admitted more must be done to improve leadership within the Civil Service and to ensure staff are working in the correct areas.

The PCS union has called on the new work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper to scrap the government's welfare reform agenda.

Employers are unfairly targeting pregnant women and new mothers for redundancy during the recession, a new campaign group has said.

Marks & Spencer (M&S) could face a shareholder revolt over its remuneration policy after the retailer's annual report revealed executives will receive rewards for failing to hit targets.

The probation officer supervising murderer Dano Sonnex had a caseload three times higher than the average officer across the capital, leading to her being overworked with little supervision or help from colleagues, it has emerged.

FIST calls for the immediate end to the U.S.-supported campaign againstthe Tamil population of Sri Lanka and stands in solidarity with the struggle ofthe Tamil people for liberation.

On June 1 General Motors—a hundred-year-old company that for decades wasthe world's largest—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This followsmonths of speculation, where "possible" became "50-50,"which then became "more probable than not." Now the world iswitnessing the downfall of a giant

Statement on the assassination of Dr. George Tiller issued June 1 by the National Women's Fightback Network.

Nepal swore in a new prime minister on May 25, three weeks after theresignation of Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda from the post.Prachanda's resignation followed attempts by the armed forces, the NepaliCongress, and India to topple the revolutionary government.

The police are majority white in the U.S. but there exists a significant numberof Black, Latina/o and Asian police officers. Racism and national oppressionpermeate every social institution in U.S. capitalist society, including thepolice. Officers of color have issued complaints against

Local Native activists and their supporters demonstrated May 25 against theAtlanta Braves baseball team outside AT&T Park, home of the San FranciscoGiants. Tony Gonzales, spokesperson for the local American Indian Movement-Westchapter, stated that the misuse of the term "braves" and

U.S. Representatives John Lewis and Hank Johnson, accompanied by NAACP NationalPresident Ben Jealous, visited Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davisfor close to two hours on May 29. Speaking to a crowd of Davis' supporters outside the prison walls inJackson,

A small article in the local newspaper announcing a DeKalb County Board ofEducation decision to open a public high school as a Marine Institute this fallignited an immediate response from anti-war groups, veterans'organizations, parents, teachers and youth.

President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address yesterday reassured investors that SA's business-friendly policies would stay in place, but his pledges on job creation were seen as "ambitious" in the face of recession.

The participants followed 7-month programs in human resource management, financial management and purchasing management which mostly concerns public procurement. They follow in the footsteps of 52 high-level government officials who graduated last year in administration, financial and human resource management.

The FCT Administration has concluded arrangements to pay contractors' liabilities amounting to N5.1 billion this week under its statutory budget. The Minister, Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero made this revelation Monday during the bi-weekly FCT Executive Committee meeting in Gwarinpa I

Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni will face opposition from unions to his contract being renewed

Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development, Qedani Mahlangu, has called for an urgent meeting to discuss the recent strike action by emergency services workers.