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Nurses will start voting on Thursday on whether to strike over pay amid warnings that record numbers are leaving the profession. Around 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are being asked if they want to mount a campaign of ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Pay nurses a ‘decent wage’, RCN urges as it ballots on strike action

The only way to prevent nurses leaving the NHS and to fill thousands of vacancies is to pay them a “decent wage”, the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said as the union ballots on strike action. For the first time in its ...

06 Oct 2022 at 16:03

London Marathon charity of the year urges runners to help beat childhood cancer

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children’s Charity said it wants runners to help it beat childhood cancer as it was revealed as the good cause of the year for the 2023 London Marathon. The marathon will return to its traditional ...

05 Oct 2022 at 17:12

SNP MP ‘feels like he has won lottery’ after topping ballot to propose new laws

SNP MP Stuart McDonald has said he feels like he has won the lottery after coming first in a ballot for backbenchers to propose their own laws and “make a difference”. The Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP won the ...

19 May 2022 at 17:54

SNP MP tops ballot to ‘make a difference’ and introduce new laws in the Commons

SNP MP Stuart McDonald has come first in a ballot for backbenchers to propose their own laws and “make a difference”. The Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP and SNP home affairs spokesman won the private members’ ...

19 May 2022 at 12:34

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Donegal Postmaster's warning over potential strike action

A Donegal postmaster and the regional spokesperson for the Irish Postmasters' Union (IPU) has warned that both An Post and government need to have more meaningful discussions immediately with them, in order to avert ...

22 Mar 2022 at 10:33

Scotland

Train drivers at ScotRail to be balloted on industrial action

Train drivers in ScotRail are to be balloted for industrial action as part of a dispute over pay just over a month after the rail operator was taken into public ownership. The union Aslef said it was “disappointed ...

11 May 2022 at 18:25

Royal Mail warned of strike action in ‘fire and rehire’ row

Royal Mail is being warned it could be hit by strikes over plans to cut managers’ jobs. Unite said the company is aiming to sack nearly 1,000 managers and bring in lower rates of pay in another case of “fire and ...

30 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Government urged to pay nurses a ‘decent wage’ as RCN ballots on strike action

Paying nurses a “decent wage” is the only way to prevent them leaving the NHS and to fill thousands of vacancies, the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said as the union ballots on strike action. ...

06 Oct 2022 at 20:41

Ballot for 2023 London Marathon places to open ahead of Sunday’s event

The ballot for the 2023 London Marathon will open on Saturday as runners make their last-minute preparations for this year’s event. Hopefuls have just one week to complete their application for a place to ...

30 Sept 2022 at 15:30

RCN members reject Scottish Government’s ‘best and final’ pay offer

Nurses in Scotland have overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government, in a move which could see members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) take strike action for the first ...

21 Dec 2022 at 15:32

Amazon workers start voting on whether to strike over pay

Workers at online giant Amazon have started voting on whether to strike over pay. Members of the GMB union at the company’s sites in Mansfield and Rugeley are being balloted over the next few weeks on ...

12 May 2023 at 16:07

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