Long term debt deal could break Greek logjam
Running short of cash to pay public sector salaries, pensions and debt obligations, Greece’s Syriza has laid out what it will and will not negotiate with its creditors, but will it be enough?
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The wave of public sector strikes is also hitting the UK economy, which flatlined last month.
With the government struggling to keep many public sector workers off the picket line, worrying new evidence has emerged of collapsing morale among teachers in England.
If today’s Budget was all about expanding the workforce – there were plenty of workers today who were staying away – 400,000 public sector staff, from teachers to tube drivers were all out on strike in their long running disputes .
This could be a significant moment not just for nurses – but other public sector workers in dispute with the government.
Teachers in England and Wales have voted in favour of strikes, joining a growing list of other public sector workers who are walking out over pay.
With more stoppages planned across the public sector later this month, 2023 is starting as it means to go on.
The public sector wage squeeze that’s prompting mass strikes this winter also seems to be contributing to a workforce crisis in the education system.
The government minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed that troops are being trained to drive ambulances and fight fires – as the country braces for widespread public sector strikes in the run up to Christmas.
Earlier Cathy spoke to the Government minister Michelle Donelan and began by asking her, how it is that pensioners deserve a ten per cent rise in their income and public sector workers don’t deserve anything like that?
MPs are set to receive a pay rise of 1.8 per cent this year, bringing their total salary to £77,379. Announcing the decision, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said it was increasing wages to keep them in line with public sector pay. FactCheck looks at the bigger picture.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clashed on nurses, public sector pay and immigration in the House of Commons today. Did they pass the FactCheck test?
A 10 per cent pay hike for MPs was confirmed today – despite the fact that the rest of the public sector has been capped at 1 per cent for another four years.
Trade unions representing more than 4.1 million people attack Tory plans to make it more difficult for public sector workers to carry out legal strikes, Kevin Rawlinson and Sahra Ajiba report.
Running short of cash to pay public sector salaries, pensions and debt obligations, Greece’s Syriza has laid out what it will and will not negotiate with its creditors, but will it be enough?
Network Rail workers vote overwhelmingly for a strike over pay as the government pushes ahead with plans to make it harder for public sector workers to stage walkouts.