Department of Health to axe 650 jobs in bid to reduce costs
The Department of Health has announced it will cut around 650 jobs to reduce its running costs. Non-senior staff numbers will be slashed from 1,800 to between 1,200 and 1,300
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25,000 jobs could be axed due to council spending cuts, warns GMB
More than 25,000 jobs are under threat because of cuts to council spending across the country, new research has revealed. Local authorities in many areas are proposing job losses, ranging
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Lack of quality flexible jobs ‘condemning tens of thousands to poverty’
A severe lack of quality part-time or flexible jobs is condemning tens of thousands of people to poverty, according to a study. Research revealed that almost two million people were
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North Lanarkshire Council to axe 10% of workforce losing 1,100 jobs
Almost 1,100 jobs are to go at one of Scotland’s biggest councils under plans to plug a £68 million black hole in its budget over the next two years. North
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Restrictions lifted on recruiting overseas NHS nurses, but only temporarily
Restrictions on recruiting nurses from overseas have been temporarily lifted to aid recruitment. Nurses will be added to the Government’s Shortage Occupation List, which means nurses from outside the European
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Protests planned as Glasgow City Council prepares to shed 3,000 posts
Protests are being planned against 3,000 job losses at a city council, with unions warning of “horrendous” cuts across the country in the coming months because of enforced savings. Glasgow
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New £6m dementia care centre to create 100 jobs in Manchester
Dementia care specialist Kingsley Healthcare has announced plans for a £6m development that will create up to 100 jobs in Greater Manchester. Building work on the 62-bedroom purpose-built dementia care home
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Employment group predict jobs market ‘shockwaves’ over national living wage
The jobs market is at its least optimistic for three years, as plans for a new national living wage send “shockwaves” across the country, according to a new report. Employment
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Care homes among rogue employers to be targeted over migrant jobs
Rogue employers who give jobs to illegal immigrants will be hit with the “full force” of the government machine ministers have warned. Immigration minister James Brokenshire said the Government was
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Tyneside Care at Home service to create around 200 jobs
Age UK North Tyneside has announced the launch of EveryDay – the new name of its professional independent care at home company – an enterprise which helps people keep their
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