GMB and Unite members working at Remploy factories in Chesterfield and at Springburn in Glasgow have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action over the semi privatising of their factories.

A new company, R Healthcare, has been formed which is a partnership between Remploy and a firm called Websters - a large private orthotics firm.



Remploy - whose mission is to "transform the li…

A group of retired coal workers from Derbyshire have held a protest against a new film's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher.

Veteran members of the TUC's Women's Action Group have described The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep, as a "Hollywood rewriting of history".

A banner was unveiled outside a cinema in Chesterfield commemorating the "Real Iron Ladies".

At least 30 former coalfield workers at…