Labour Research May 2011

A new voting system? - The 5 May referendum on the voting system sees unions taking a variety of positions on the issue; Top pay in academies - An LRD survey points to the widening pay gap between senior staff in academies and other teachers; Euro unions and the cuts - Amid ongoing austerity across the Eurozone, the new leadership of the European TUC has its work cut out; Mental health strategy - NHS cuts seem likely to confound bold-sounding government plans for a new strategy on mental health