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UK strikes: NHS staff given ‘final offer’ and teachers take action
More than a million NHS workers will get a 5% pay increase – plus a one off cash payment for last year, after unions agreed to accept the Government’s offer.
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French police clash with protestors during May Day rallies
The Mayday protests in France have been marked by unrest – police clashed with anarchist protestors in Paris and a number of other cities – as unrest broke out during rallies organised by trade unions against President Macron’s unpopular pension reforms.
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A&E and intensive care nurses to join NHS strikes
Members of the Royal College of Nursing union will walk off the job at 8pm tonight. and won’t return until the end of the day tomorrow.
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Teachers strike again after rejecting government’s pay offer
Teachers in England have been out on the picket lines today in their dispute over pay. The National Education Union has accused the government of refusing to enter talks and says members were taking action over what they called the “ongoing crisis in our schools”. All four teaching unions have rejected the government’s latest pay…
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NHS pay deal is ‘hugely complicated and uncertain’, says NHS Employers chief executive
We spoke to Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of NHS Employers, who has been involved in talks with health unions.
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NHS pay deal: UK Treasury to provide extra funding
There are signs tonight of a shift over the funding of the NHS pay deal – with the health Secretary telling trade unions there will be additional funding available from the Treasury.
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France protests: hundreds of thousands on Paris streets as police deployed
In France, a 10th day of action by protestors – demonstrating against President Macron’s pension reforms – has again ended in clashes with the police.
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Ofsted urged to pause inspections after death of headteacher
Teaching unions have called for Ofsted to pause school inspections in England after the family of a head teacher said she took her own life as a result of one of its reports.
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UK facing ‘crisis of in-work poverty’, says PCS Union boss
Teachers in England have put their strike action on hold – while unions hold talks with the government.
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Government’s pay offer ‘doesn’t deal with crisis in the NHS,’ says Unite the Union lead national officer
We spoke to Onay Kasab, from the Unite the Union, who has been taking part in the talks on NHS pay.
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How will NHS pay increase be funded?
Downing Street has said it will cost £4 billion to fund the new pay offer for NHS staff, designed to end the damaging wave of industrial action – but it hasn’t given any details on where that money is coming from.
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FactCheck: why are junior doctors striking, could industrial action make NHS backlogs worse, and nurse pay talks – explained
Junior doctors in England are set to take part in a 72-hour walkout, but why are they striking and could industrial action make current NHS backlogs worse? Here’s what we know so far.
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Scunthorpe steel plant shuts coking ovens threatening up to 260 jobs
British Steel has blamed high energy bills and the cost of decarbonising its business for its decision to shut its coking ovens in Scunthorpe, meaning the loss of up to 260 jobs.
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Urgent action needed to fix school buildings at risk of collapse
“This is a disaster waiting to happen.”
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Nurses and ambulance staff walk out in biggest NHS England strike in history
Today the NHS in England saw its biggest ever walkout, with nurses and ambulance staff from the Unite, RCN and GMB unions on strike on the same day for the first time.