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New Year’s Eve rail strikes to go ahead, say union leaders

Strikes by railway workers and catering staff in two separate disputes are to go ahead on New Year’s Eve, union leaders have confirmed. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on Cross Country Trains and catering staff based at ...

30 Dec 2021 at 03:55

Train operating companies offer two-year pay deal to drivers’ union

Train operating companies have offered the drivers’ union a two-year pay deal in a bid to resolve the bitter dispute which has led to a series of strikes. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said it was offering a “landmark outline proposal” that ...

06 Jan 2023 at 17:43

Jeremy Hunt announces sweeping state-funded childcare reforms in Budget

Jeremy Hunt promised a major expansion in state-funded childcare and tax breaks for businesses in Budget measures aimed at boosting economic growth. The Chancellor said a recession would be avoided and inflation would fall dramatically as ...

15 Mar 2023 at 15:09

Hunt spends Budget windfall on childcare and tax breaks for wealthy pensioners

Jeremy Hunt has used a £25 billion-a-year improvement in the public finances to dramatically expand access to childcare and offer tax breaks to businesses and wealthy pensioners. In a Budget aimed at increasing the numbers of people in ...

15 Mar 2023 at 18:19

Hunt claims economy is ‘proving doubters wrong’ as he announces Budget

The UK will avoid entering a recession with the economy ‘proving the doubters wrong’, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said. Mr Hunt used his Budget to promise a major expansion of free childcare and he has already announced an extension of ...

15 Mar 2023 at 13:01

Recession to be avoided as economy proves doubters wrong, Jeremy Hunt says

The UK will avoid entering a recession Jeremy Hunt said as he hailed an economy “proving the doubters wrong”, although growth remains sluggish. The Chancellor used the improved economic picture to promise an extension of support ...

15 Mar 2023 at 13:51

Hunt promises ‘growth Budget’ with improving economy

An “improved economic picture” has helped Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promise a major expansion of free childcare and an extension of support for household energy costs. The Chancellor said the energy price guarantee, which caps ...

15 Mar 2023 at 12:14

Teaching union accuses ministers of using misleading figures on strikes’ impact

A union has accused the Government of using “unreliable” figures to claim the latest round of teachers’ strikes in England had less impact than earlier industrial action. Department for Education (DfE) figures suggest ...

03 Mar 2023 at 22:06

Northern Ireland

Strikes will get bigger and better until pay demands are met, union leader says

Strikes will keep getting “bigger and better” until pay demands are met, a union leader has said. On Friday, thousands of healthcare workers began day two of a 48-hour strike to call for pay parity with health ...

22 Sept 2023 at 16:30

‘Stand up and support us,’ South Wales steelworkers urge politicians

Steelworkers from South Wales have urged politicians to “stand up and support them” after plans to cut thousands of jobs were unveiled. Dozens of workers made the 170-mile-trip from Port Talbot to Westminster ...

23 Jan 2024 at 17:53

Education unions in six-hour talks with Government officials to avert strikes

Education unions are meeting Government officials for a marathon six-hour round of talks in a bid to avert teacher walkouts in the coming weeks. Friday’s meeting comes after union leaders said there had been ...

20 Jan 2023 at 09:30

Union warns supplies of whisky could be disrupted as workers vote to strike

Employees of a Scottish whisky maker are set to strike next month in a move a union has warned could affect supplies to shops and bars over the festive period. Around 800 members of GMB Scotland and Unite ...

23 Nov 2023 at 19:07

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