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How do unions renew their public image?
Dan Whittle, the director of Unions 21, on the need for unions to renew and make themselves relevant to the 2011 public.
Telegraph’s “£500,000 teachers’ pension pot” claim is wrong
The Daily Telegraph's claim today that teachers have a "£500,000 pension pot" is misleading and their calculations wrong, Left Foot Forward can reveal.
The coalition and the unions: the state of play on day one
The government and the unions are scrapping over public opinion, and so it seems worth looking at the short-term and long-term trends on polling on the issues.
Rising inequality is making social and political conflict more likely
Unless policymakers take steps to reduce gaps in income, they will be faced with the policy dilemmas of a divided society, writes One Society's Duncan Exley.
Gove’s call for parents to act as strikebreakers savaged by Mumsnet
Readers of Mumsnet have savaged education secretary Michael Gove's plea for parents to act as strikebreakers.
Public split on pensions reform
Ahead of the vote on the second reading of the Pensions Bill today, the latest YouGov/Sunday Times poll shows the unions edging in front in the battle for public opinion.