The recession has brought class inequality back into view by exposing the unjust distribution of wealth and power in Britain. Labour must tackle this with a new class politics of stronger trade unions and a more representative parliament. During the long

Although the product did contain enough vegetables to qualify as a ‘five a day’ portion, Which? An M&S spokesman said that the label had been printed in er

Given that we have an established Church, the Head of State is also the Head of the Church and takes a Coronation oath to defend and protect the faith, and given that Bishops are automatically elevated to the Lords as unelected representatives to the leg

So many rights, so many courts, so many jurisdictions – they've built a system so complex an honest terrorist doesn't know whether he's coming or going. The MPs all agreed Abu Qatada is a "vicious terrorist" driven by "murderous hatred" but, other than D

At one time this blog was greatly exercised by the appearance of future Labour MPs in films. There was Hazel Blears in A Taste of Honey (though that photo is not a still from the film) and Stephen Pound in Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. Now Amber El

Former counter-terrorism and security minister Hazel Blears said the public would "be quite rightly horrified" if radical cleric Abu Qatada were to be freed without any bail restrictions to walk the streets. A judge ruled the cleric, who has been held fo

Search more member organisations in our Directory Amber Ormandy, Hazel Blears MP and Graham Pennington, Deputy CEO of Salford City College at a recent celebratory event which honoured the businesses and apprentices across Salford who have signed up to th

In the next few days, radical cleric Abu Qatada will be freed from jail after the European Court of Human Rights blocked his deportation to Jordan. The BBC's Gordon Corera points out that Abu Qatada has a "unique influence" providing religious legitimacy

British officialdom’s attitude to illegal immigration is as lax now, and possibly worse, than when BF Chairman Paul Weston first published this article at Gates of Vienna back in July 2009. Although the population of Great Britain is reputed to consist o

Lottery bid for East Lancashire ‘homes for heroes’ plan By Peter Magill » Chief reporter Tweet LOTTERY bids totalling £400,000 have been drawn up to support ambitious plans for ‘homes for heroes’ in East Lancashire. Campaigners from the Veterans’ Associa

Ground breaking history was achieved on Thursday the 26th January, as the Salfordians turn their backs on the Labour Party, and voted a massive YES at the major referendum on the election of a mayor. Local Labour leaders, councillors and their very own t

Less than a mile away William Soar made a 999 call as feral yobs threw bricks at his terraced house. The Beeb are spending around £10million a year to rent their new northern centre — while William is hoping to get £80,000 when he finally finds a buyer f

18 January 2012 Last updated at 16:03 ET Balfour Beatty which supplies BBC buildings recruited 90 people from Salford The BBC "must do better" to employ people from Salford at its MediaCity site, Salford and Eccles MP Hazel Blears has said. Her remarks c

The BBC has been criticised after it emerged that only 26 out of 680 new jobs created at its new Media City site went to locals. The majority of 1,846 staff who work at the site in Salford, which is home to Radio 6 Music, the BBC Sport website and part o

Hazel Blears, the MP for Salford, is seeking an urgent meeting with the director of BBC North after it emerged that a tiny proportion of her constituents secured jobs at MediaCity. Of the 3,172 people from Salford, Greater Manchester, who applied for job

Just 24 people from Salford have been given jobs at the BBC’s new northern headquarters in the city. While the £200million project is meant to make the broadcaster more representative of different parts of the UK, figures show that not even one in 100 lo

Out of the blue, comes green (17/01/2012 at 08:34) If the taletnt and skills are not there what are they supposed to do - they can't hire someone completely unqualified to do a job just because they live five minutes walk away. Perhaps someone should hol

But Hazel Blears, MP for Salford and Eccles, described the figures as 'incredibly disappointing'. She said she was seeking an urgent meeting with Peter Salmon, director of BBC North. Ms Blears said: "The BBC needs to up its game and start to employ local

Only 24 people from Salford have been given jobs at the BBC’s new headquarters at MediaCity. Figures obtained by the M.E.N. show fewer than one in 100 people from the city who applied for a position there were successful. And – of the 24 Salfordians who