Tribune is looking for a new owner following a decision by its trade union consortium that there will be no further investment in the magazine. Expressions of interest from potential purchasers of the title are being sought in the hope that a takeover can be affected without an interruption in publication.

UNIONS are bracing themselves for swingeing job cuts across all sectors as a recession takes hold of Britain. The British Chambers of Commerce indicated this week that they will confirm next month that unemployment will rise to two million by the end of the year, and the TUC has previously made the same prediction.

LEADERS of a Colombian trade union federation are in imminent danger of being murdered after a series of threats from people calling themselves friends of President Alvaro Uribe.

GOVERNMENT lawyers surprised campaigners this week when they said that the Government has no legal duty to make sure it meets its target for ending fuel poverty, despite having passed a law to do just that.

CANADA’S Conservatives may well have blown their chances of getting the majority government they crave when the country goes to the polls next Tuesday (October 14).

SCOTTISH local government employers have offered their workers an 3 per cent pay rise, more than Treasury recommendations. This has halted further strike action and unions will now put the offer to their members.

War on Want has hit out at Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Britain’s new Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

MORE than 500 demonstrators braved London’s inclement weather to march from Westminster to Trafalgar Square last Saturday (October 4) to demand that the Government keeps Tony Blair’s promise to eradicate child poverty by 2020.

PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA’S ruling Workers Party has just about held its ground in Brazil’s regional elections held on Sunday, but did badly in the country’s largest city Sao Paulo, which was targeted as the main prize. The PT won mayoral contests in six of the 27 state capitals and will compete in the run-off vote on October 26 in another three state capitals.

IN ACCORDANCE with an EU-brokered peace deal, Russia has begun withdrawing its troops from buffer zones around South Ossetia and Abkhazia.