Lecturers ‘no alternative’ but to stage more strikes in pay dispute
Lecturers are to stage a fresh wave of strikes in a long-running row over pay. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will take action on separate days next
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Further strike action avoided as new deal agreed to end junior doctors’ dispute
Doctors’ leaders and the Government have agreed a new deal for junior doctors, with a new pay structure for working weekends and evenings. The deal between the British Medical Association
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Care workers among Glasgow City Council staff to strike in pay row
Council workers have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the GMB union at Glasgow City Council backed walkouts by 72% and other forms of
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Doctors defy Jeremy Hunt appeal as first all-out strike in NHS history begins
Thousands of junior doctors are staging the first all-out strike in the history of the NHS after the Health Secretary made it clear a new contract will go ahead. Jeremy
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Women risk pension poverty to pay for childcare, Fawcett Society warns
Young women are cutting their pension contributions to cover the cost of childcare, risking poverty when they retire, a new report has warned. The Fawcett Society said women in their
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NHS could save £191m a year on locums, pay rates analysis finds
Trusts could make savings of £191 million per year in spending on locums across the four main staffing grades, as new figures show the impact of the fresh cap on
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Report: LaingBuisson’s Care Home Pay Survey – Third edition
Become a care home manager? No thanks. National Living Wage, increased regulation and challenging legal framework add up to a role that one wants… While the introduction of the National
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DH brand doctors ‘irresponsible’ as 5,100 procedures postponed in latest strike
Thousands of patients are expecting to face further disruption to NHS services as junior doctors take to picket lines once more in their ongoing dispute with the Government. Figures from
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Hospitals ‘paying locum doctors for extra hours to bypass wages cap’
Hospitals are paying locum doctors for hours they have not worked to bypass a Government cap on agency staff pay, it has been reported. Some doctors are claiming for extra
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Councils ‘spent more than £200m on staff settlements, most with gagging orders’
Councils have spent more than £200 million on settlements with staff – most of which include “gagging orders”, an investigation has found. Over the past five years, 17,571 “compromise agreements”
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