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Who will be Wales’ next First Minister?
In just over a month Wales will have a new First Minister – replacing Mark Drakeford, who’s stepping down as leader of Welsh Labour.
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Royal Mail may cut deliveries to three days a week due to low demand
Royal Mail’s postal service is “unsustainable” and “must modernise” according to the industry watchdog.
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Tata Steel confirms plans to cut jobs by closing Port Talbot blast furnaces
Tata Steel has confirmed plans to cut 2,800 jobs across the UK, by closing down both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant.
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Steel giant Tata to close furnaces at biggest plant threatening thousands of jobs
There are reports tonight that steel giant Tata is to press ahead with plans to close blast furnaces at its biggest plant, threatening thousands of jobs.
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Northern Ireland braces for ‘biggest ever day of industrial action’
Northern Ireland is about to witness what unions are calling as its biggest ever day of industrial action. Workers from 16 trade unions covering schools, hospitals and public transport are due to walk out for 24 hours tomorrow, in a dispute over pay. Our senior political correspondent Paul McNamara is at Stormont.
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Israel – Hamas: Relief as more hostages and prisoners reunited with families
Today’s hostage releases seem to be going more smoothly than yesterday when the process was put on hold for several tense hours.
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Hundreds of Amazon workers hold Black Friday strike
Hundreds of workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse have joined strike action by company employees across Europe and the United States. Unions are calling for higher minimum pay and improved working conditions – and say this is the biggest industrial action in Amazon’s history, designed to coincide with Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days…
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‘Lives could be at risk’ if large parts of Port Talbot plant rapidly closed, says Wales FM
Unions are due to meet steel bosses tomorrow as they try to avert thousands of job losses at the UK’s largest steelworks.
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FactCheck: what did Rishi Sunak announce about changes to A Levels and when could the Advanced British Standard start?
When could the new qualification begin and are there enough teachers to make it happen?
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Those with disabilities and the elderly say ticket office closures could stop them travelling
Rail unions have been out campaigning to save ticket offices from closure, on the day a public consultation comes to an end. The plan would mean shutting most of England’s ticket offices as part of cost cutting measures. Train companies say staff will still be able to help passengers in different roles, but unions have…
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Concrete schools: more than 100 schools scrambling to find temporary classrooms
It’s just days before the new academic year begins – but more than 100 schools across England are scrambling to find temporary new classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. And, the Government has admitted more schools might be affected too, as engineers spend the weekend checking premises around the country. Unions are furious that…
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More than 100 schools in England ordered to close buildings due to unsafe concrete
The Education Secretary Gillian Keegan tonight defended her ‘cautious approach’, hours after causing consternation amongst teachers, parents and pupils in England a matter of days before the start of term. Labour and teaching unions rounded on the government, with the National Education Union describing the situation as “absolutely disgraceful”.
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‘Junior doctors shouldn’t be on picket line, they should be in hospital,’ says Education Secretary
Teachers in England are likely to call off their strike action – after union leaders gave their support to a new Government pay offer.
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Sunak offers pay rise to millions of public sector workers
Within minutes of the government confirming that they’d accepted the recommendations of the pay review bodies, the teaching unions in England had called off their strikes.
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New wave of nursing strikes in Wales amid bitter pay dispute
Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay.