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Wages of steel workers are being supported by the Community Trade Union which has approximately 2,500 members. Andy McGarrigle a union official at Scunthorpe-based factory CMB, said the company was feeling the effects of the recession.

The union Unite is up in arms about the Royal Bank of Scotland closing a site as part of 3,000 job losses announced last year.

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has criticised the government’s latest measures on the economy, saying it was “robbing Peter to pay Paul” by cutting in one area to fund growth policies.

Unions said members would need to work longer and contribute more before collecting their pension, which has been the main reason for the mass walkouts this week. The government line is the changes are needed to public sector pensions because people were living longer.

Production of a new hatchback by a car giant will lead to as many as 1,500 additional jobs being created in the UK within the next two years.

The GMB union is taking strike action in protest at a Merseyside airport because there are plans for 47 compulsory redundancies at Servisair, which deals with airlines including Ryanair, Easyjet and FlyBe.

A transport company said more than 100 relief drivers would be drafted in from other areas to minimise disruption to passengers during strikes.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander revealed that £100m extra would be diverted to investment in Scot

The Tech City map shows tweets from more than 600 tech firms and other related businesses in the area of East London. The Prime Minister met with staff at the internet company Stylist Pick as part of his visit to unveil an interactive map of this technology cluster.

MPs from all sides of the political divide have scrutinised the pay packets of the BBC’s top names.

Once the last private finance scheme for hospitals signed off by Labour is paid in full – which is not until 2049 – more than £70 billion will have changed hands.

The clocks went back at the weekend, but how long will this tradition last in the UK? There is a growing mass of opinion that BST is a waste of, er, time.