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Stormont officials examining potential increase in student fees to £7,000

Stormont officials have been asked to examine the revenue-raising potential of increasing university student fees in Northern Ireland to £7,000. It comes as the Department for the Economy faces making 16% cuts to services due to a funding deficit of ...

15 May 2023 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Stormont officials examining potential increase in student fees to £7,000

15 May 2023 at 17:08

Proposed workers’ rights law has ‘more holes than Swiss cheese’ – union boss

A senior union leader has described parts of the Government’s new package on workers’ rights as having “more holes than Swiss cheese.” Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, broadly welcomed the Employment Rights Bill which includes measures ...

10 Oct 2024 at 08:38

Northern Ireland

Agreement reached to suspend strike at ABC council

Agreement has been reached to suspend a strike by workers at Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon (ABC) borough council. The industrial action had been running for six weeks and had led to thousands of bins across the area not being collected and ...

21 Sept 2022 at 18:43

Northern Ireland

Finance Minister makes 20-month Civil Service pay offer

Stormont’s Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald has announced a 20-month pay offer for civil servants. The offer is backdated to August 1 last year and covers the period up until March 31 2026. The minister said the offer has been made ...

20 Jan 2025 at 11:52

World

Flights brought to a halt in Germany after airport staff strike

A one-day strike by workers at 13 German airports, including the Frankfurt and Munich hubs and all the country’s other main destinations, has caused the cancellation of most flights on Monday. The 24-hour walkout, which started at ...

10 Mar 2025 at 14:53

Birmingham bin strike cannot continue, council leader says ahead of fresh talks

The situation in Birmingham during the bin strike “cannot continue”, the city council’s leader has said as he urged the Unite union to help bring the industrial action to an end ahead of a fresh round of talks on Wednesday. John ...

16 Apr 2025 at 13:56

World

Spanish bill to cut work week to 37.5 hours heads to parliament

Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest after the government approved a bill that would reduce the work week from 40 hours to 37.5 hours. If enacted, the bill — which will now go to parliament — would ...

06 May 2025 at 15:16

New workers’ rights plan is anti-business and will harm growth, critics warn

The Government’s new workers’ rights legislation is anti-business and will undermine economic growth, critics have warned. Shadow business minister Lord Hunt of Wirral argued that Labour’s 299-page Employment Rights Bill ...

27 Mar 2025 at 19:43

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

There is no extra money to cover industrial action by resident doctors, NHS trust leaders have warned. It comes amid “worrying demands” for “excessive rates” to provide cover for striking medics, NHS Providers said. The ...

15 Jul 2025 at 18:06

Scotland

Union demands action as it claims teachers overtaxed on backpay

Treasury ministers are being urged to act on a “scandalous detriment” which union leaders claim has led to thousands of teachers being overtaxed, costing them tens of millions of pounds in total. Andrea Bradley, ...

03 Jan 2025 at 00:01

World

Thousands of Boeing workers who build fighter jets and weapons go on strike

Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons have gone on strike, potentially complicating the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its ...

04 Aug 2025 at 15:52

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