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20 January 2021
New Cross Gate fire 40 years ago
Forty years ago, on 18 January, a fire started deliberately by suspected racists swept through a house where a 16th birthday party was being celebrated by young black people in New Cross Gate, south east London
13 January 2021
British Gas workers strike against 'fire and rehire' plans
The gas engineers received tremendous support at a Leicester picket
16 December 2020
Stop 'fire and rehire' at British Gas
As a loyal employee of over 20 years I am disgusted with the way senior management at British Gas are treating their staff.
2 December 2020
Heathrow workers strike against 'fire and rehire' plans
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25 November 2020
Heathrow workers to strike against 'fire and rehire' plans
Workers at Heathrow Airport are to take strike action for four days in December against the bosses' "fire and rehire" plans, cutting pay in the process.
28 October 2020
Grenfell watch: landlord's £800,000 saving
A director of Grenfell Tower's landlord company told the public inquiry he "had forgotten" about a secret meeting with builders discussing how to shave £800,000 off refurb costs
7 October 2020
Fight for jobs and homes for all - defend the right to asylum
The Tory government has discussed measures to transfer asylum seekers to processing centres in various offshore destinations - including Moldova, Morocco, or even as far as Papua New Guinea or Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, press leaks have shown.
30 September 2020
Trump's failure over western US wildfires
On 24 July, lightning sparked the first fires of what would become one of the worst wildfire seasons in US history
9 September 2020
Grenfell fire inquiry stops victims attending
Grenfell Tower residents have been denied the right to attend the restarting inquiry into the causes of the June 2017 fire which resulted in 72 deaths
2 September 2020
Tate strike: "Coronavirus - no reason to fire us!"
Striking Tate workers in the PCS union have moved into indefinite action
17 June 2020
Three years on: No justice for Grenfell, no peace from BLM
Three years ago 72 people died in Grenfell Tower, in the richest borough of London, due to profit-over-safety seeking companies
20 March 2020
'Worst crisis in housing since World War Two' - Barking Riverside inquiry into fire
A residents-led inquiry into the Samuel Garside house fire on the Barking Riverside estate in east London met for an interim review of its findings
12 February 2020
"20 years of building regulation failures" have fallen on the one body that is completely innocent - the residents
5 February 2020
Grenfell watch: Unions challenge 'mockery of justice'
General union Unite and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have challenged Grenfell suppliers' scandalous request for immunity from prosecution in exchange for cooperating with the public inquiry
15 January 2020
Cladding scandal: Government steps up defence of landlords
The government stands accused of "systemic failure" to uphold building regulations and keep residents safe from fire.
4 December 2019
Surrey firefighters to ballot on Christmas industrial action
Firefighters in Surrey are balloting on industrial action to commence on 24 December, after exhausting all other avenues to prevent dangerous cuts to their fire and rescue service
20 November 2019
Bolton university fire: government inaction puts safety at risk
Fire ripped through a six-storey student accommodation block, with what eyewitnesses described as terrifying speed, on the evening of 15 November
13 November 2019
Barking: protest brings pledge to remove dangerous decking
Following our protest last month, covered by BBC London news, estate residents have received a letter addressing the most prominent fire safety issue.
6 November 2019
Grenfell fire inquiry spin deflects blame from establishment
Press coverage of the Grenfell Tower inquiry's first report emphasised criticisms of the fire brigade rather than the important fact that it found that the cladding on the tower breached building regulations.
30 October 2019
Grenfell inquiry serves to deflect opinion away from the establishment
The inquiry re is trying to put responsibility on to firefighters
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