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Government criticised over plans to deploy army during strikes
Ministers have been deployed defending the government’s strike contingency plans and pay offers.
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Royal Mail strike: Thousands rally outside parliament in latest wave of strikes
Britain was hit with more pre-Christmas disruption today, as Royal Mail staff went on strike over pay and conditions – the first in a series of walkouts. They’re just the latest set of workers to take industrial action – with more planned this month by unions representing train drivers, nurses and ambulance staff – among…
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Lecturers have ‘considerable amount of government funding’, says education secretary
The NHS isn’t the only part of the public sector facing strike action. University lecturers are already staging walkouts and teaching unions are balloting for action. We spoke to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan following an announcement that the government is giving universities and colleges £490 million to invest in facilities – and asked her if…
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Christmas travel chaos expected as border force strikes announced
Passport control staff at Britain’s main airports are to go on strike for eight days over Christmas and New Year.
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Christmas strikes: NHS Ambulance workers to join mass walkouts
The festive period was already delivering an advent calender of strikes involving nurses, postal workers, plus bus and railway staff. Now ambulance workers in much of England and Wales have promised to walkout on the 21st of December. The three unions involved, the GMB, Unison and Unite are taking action over pay but said their…
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Army are being trained ahead of winter strikes, minister says
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.
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Loan sharks exploiting cost of living crisis to target struggling families, investigators say
Loan sharks are exploiting the cost of living crisis to prey on the most vulnerable families, specialist investigators have told Channel 4 News.
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Truss stands firm on economic policies amid 24-hour rail strike
Pressure is mounting on consumers who will be paying higher energy bills from today.
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Government criticised for not publishing budget assessment until November
“We’ll have it in a week, but you can’t see it” – the message from the government today as ministers stuck to plans to publish an independent assessment of the mini-Budget at the end of November, despite asking for a first draft by this time next week.
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Manchester protesters call for energy bill freeze and minimum wage hike
There won’t be many in the country who would take issue with Boris Johnson’s warning that there’ll be ‘tough months’ ahead.
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Rubbish continues to pile up in Scotland as strike actions spreads
Rubbish is starting to pile high across Scotland as strike action over pay has spread to 13 more local authorities.
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More UK rail strikes ‘very likely’, RMT says
Don’t travel by train – that was the advice to passengers today as another strike by thousands of rail workers caused widespread disruption to services across the country.
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Railways grind to a halt as 5,000 train drivers strike over pay
Another day of strikes on the railway, and another bitter war of words between unions, management and government ministers.
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RMT Union: ‘Everyone deserves a pay rise’ as more strikes planned
Rail workers are to stage another strike in their bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, threatening travel chaos at the height of the summer holidays.
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UK braces for biggest rail strikes in 30 years after last minute talks fail
Thousands of members of the RMT union will join the industrial action, bringing most of the country’s rail network to a standstill.