Unions have attacked the Chancellor for “letting down” millions of public sector workers over the controversial cap on their pay. Philip Hammond raised the prospect of increases for NHS staff,
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One in three graduates left their job within a year of starting, mainly complaining the role did not match what they were offered, a new study shows. Research by graduate
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More than one in 20 nurses have been forced to take out a payday loan to cover their everyday expenses, a new poll suggests. The Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN)
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Northern Ireland’s cash-strapped health service is paying up to £120 an hour for agency nurses as it struggles to plug chronic staff shortages, it can be revealed. Hospitals and clinics
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The Government would recoup nearly half the cost of lifting the NHS pay cap though higher tax receipts and lower welfare payments, a think tank has said. The cost of
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A Conservative MP has highlighted the “shameful” gap in travel expenses received by MPs compared with low-paid care workers. Speaking during an Opposition Day debate on social care, Andrew Selous
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One in four low paid workers are “permanently stuck” in poorly paid jobs, with little chance of earning higher salaries, a new study finds. Low pay is “endemic” in the
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Care workers who cover sleepover shifts are to be paid the real living wage. Health Secretary Shona Robison said carers employed overnight to provide support will now receive the real
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Jeremy Hunt has told MPs the NHS pay cap has been scrapped, but was unable to rule out cutting health services to fund rises above 1%. The Health Secretary said
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One in four workers would have to be in hospital before they took a day off sick, revealing a “worrying” attitude to taking time off, a new study reveals. A
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