UK richest family accused of ‘playing Scrooge’ over below real living wage workers’ pay Exclusive: Company owned by Hinduja family refuses to offer workers inflation-matching pay rise The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022
North East courts staff to walk out as part of nine-day national strike this month Legal advisors and court associates are taking industrial action over their 'unworkable' digital system Chronicle Live · Oct 9, 2022
Government spent over £3billion on temporary agency staff to do civil service jobs Ministers accused of wasting money and running down pay and conditions The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
Nine day walk-out at 65 courts in row over 'unworkable' shakeup - see full list Trade union PCS today announced that strikes by legal advisors and court associates will go ahead on October 22 to 30 - adding to chaos across the legal system Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022
Factbox-Danielle Smith wins Alberta premiership race vowing to table sovereignty bill Danielle Smith, 51, was elected leader of Alberta's ruling United Conservative Party on Thursday and will become 19th premier of Canada's main oil-producing province. Reuters · Oct 7, 2022
Union says government employees are living in 'depths of poverty' It said civil servants are relying on foodbanks Wales Online · Sep 30, 2022
Passports and drivers' licences could grind to a halt as 150,000 civil servants vote on strike A winter of discontent looms in key departments like the DWP, DVLA and Passport Office - after the PCS union launched its biggest ever strike ballot at 214 organs of government Daily Mirror · Sep 26, 2022
MPs criticised for skipping queue to see Queen lying in state as David Beckham waits with public Cleaners, security staff and caterers in Parliament are being treated ‘as second class citizens’ as they cannot jump the line, a union said Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2022
MPs skipping queue to see Queen lying in state sparks criticism Cleaners, security staff and caterers in Parliament are being treated ‘as second class citizens’ as they cannot jump the line, a union said. The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022
The threat to lay off King Charles’s staff while the nation mourns is despicable My union has demanded the notification be immediately withdrawn, says Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022
Kirstie Allsopp's defence of King Charles III divides opinion on social media The TV presenter supports the new monarch after it was revealed staff at Clarence House could lose their jobs Wales Online · Sep 16, 2022
King Charles' Clarence House staff 'hit with redundancy' during national mourning As King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla's offices move to Buckingham Palace, staff were issued notice of the threat of redundancy Manchester Evening News · Sep 14, 2022
Clarence House staff ‘left shaking’ after being hit with redundancies in wake of King’s accession Dozens of Clarence House staff were given notice of the threat of redundancy while they worked round the clock in the wake of the King’s accession, The Guardian has revealed. Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2022
Revealed: Suella Braverman sets Home Office ‘No boats crossing the Channel’ target New home secretary upsets civil servants with speech on migrants, trashy TV and back-to-office call The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022
Liverpool Echo · Sep 7, 2022 Workers in second wave of strike 'fighting just to get by' "People aren’t fighting for extras, it's an absolute necessity"
The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022 Rwanda is ‘authoritarian state’, High Court told as challenge over policy begins The court is hearing a legal challenge brought by asylum seekers and a number of groups over five days.
Reuters · Sep 1, 2022 New UK prime minister to face staff walk out on first day in office, union says Staff working at Britain's business and energy department building will begin a strike on the same day as the country's new prime minister is named next week, the public service trade union said on Thursday.
Daily Mirror · Aug 17, 2022 Fury as e-mail shows UK was warned of Rwanda killings - and carried on with refugees plan An email disclosed to the High Court said "arbitrary detention, torture and even killings" are "accepted" methods of maintaining control in the east African country, where the UK government plans to send refugees
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022 Government plan to cut civil servants’ redundancy pay ‘add insult to injury’, says union Ministers want ‘job cuts on the cheap’, says PCS union – as Rishi Sunak attacks ‘bloated’ state
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022 Ministers planning to cut civil servant redundancy pay at same time as 91,000 jobs Exclusive: Unions warn proposal to reduce payouts by a quarter as headcount shrinks could lead to industrial action
The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022 UK strikes: Rail workers and civil servants set to vote on more walkouts The Transport Salaried Staffs Association has served notice to ballot hundreds of staff for strike action at South Western Railway
The National (Scotland) · Aug 11, 2022 Scottish Government civil servants vote on industrial action amid pay dispute NEARLY 10,000 civil servants are set to vote on industrial action amid a dispute with the Scottish Government over an offer described as a “real…
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022 Third of civil servants skipping meals to save money, survey finds Union warns workers being ‘cast adrift’ as Tory leadership contenders haggle over tax cuts
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022 Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022 Liz Truss plan means lower pay for public service workers in poorer areas Unions say favourite for PM’s job will face ‘opposition every step of the way’ if she pushes plans through