
Birney and McCaffrey condemn Tribunal’s lack of power to sanction over withheld evidence
Investigative journalists and NUJ members Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey have expressed deep disappointment following a ruling from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which found it has no legal authority to sanction public bodies for deliberately withholding...

Now we are one – a report from the foudning TUC North East, Yorkshire & Humber Conference
Delegates from the former North East and Yorkshire & Humber TUC regions came together in conference for the first time in York on 22/23 March. They unanimously approved the new regional constitution which was introduced by Jay McKenna the acting regional secretary...

The 1984/85 miners’ strike – how the cartoonists saw it
The Miners’ strike came to an end 40 years ago this week and it was fitting that on 1 March a new book was launched covering an important aspect of the year-long action that has largely been overlooked, until now. The book, The Art of Class War: Newspaper Cartoonists...