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Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Liz Truss’s plan to slash £8.8 billion from public sector pay outside London is coming under growing criticism amid warnings it would leave nurses, police officers and teachers poorer. Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, who is backing Rishi ...

02 Aug 2022 at 12:46

Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss abandons £8.8 billion policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss has abandoned a flagship policy to slash £8.8 billion from public sector pay outside London after furious warnings from senior Conservatives that it would be “levelling down” the nation by leaving nurses, police officers and teachers ...

02 Aug 2022 at 23:42

DWP job cuts mean workers are being ‘abandoned’, says union

A number of Department for Work and Pensions offices are to close, threatening more than 1,100 jobs, a union has warned. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said thousands of other members of staff are at risk of redundancy when ...

17 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Migrant crossings top 1,000 in a day for second time this year

More than 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK in a single day for the second time in a fortnight. The latest crossings mean the total number for 2022 to date could soon exceed the tally for the whole of last year. Ministry ...

05 Sept 2022 at 13:16

Patel defends Rwanda plan as migrant crossings top 1,000 in a day

Priti Patel defended her plan to send migrants to Rwanda after more than 1,000 crossed the Channel to the UK in a day for the second time in a fortnight. Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures show 1,160 people were detected on Sunday in 25 ...

05 Sept 2022 at 19:21

Nurses prepare to strike after contrasting results from two union ballots

Votes by health workers on the Government’s offer aimed at resolving the long-running pay dispute returned different results on Friday ahead of a fresh strike by nurses. Members of the GMB accepted the offer by 56% but Unite announced ...

28 Apr 2023 at 17:32

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Union hails ‘landmark’ pay deal for Scottish Parliament staff

All staff working at the Scottish Parliament will earn a minimum of £15 an hour thanks to a “landmark” agreement, union leaders said. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, which represents civils servants and those working ...

20 Mar 2023 at 18:06

Civil servant ‘sick’ at pension erosion as thousands walk out on Budget Day

A striking civil servant has told how he gets a “sick feeling in the bottom of his stomach” due to the erosion of his pension, as he joined thousands of colleagues and university staff across Scotland walking out on strike. John ...

15 Mar 2023 at 16:37

More than 300 experts sign letter against Government’s ‘unworkable’ migrant Bill

More than 300 academic experts in migration have signed a joint letter to the Government to object to the UK’s Illegal Immigration Bill, arguing the policy is not “evidence based, workable, or legal under human rights law”. The ...

15 Mar 2023 at 05:54

Tory chairman apologises for ‘activist blob’ attack on civil servants

The Conservative Party chairman has apologised to the head of the civil service after an email sent out in the Home Secretary’s name said public servants had held up efforts to tackle unlawful migration. Home Secretary Suella ...

14 Mar 2023 at 11:46

Planned strike by Border Force staff at Heathrow suspended

A planned strike by hundreds of Border Force staff at Heathrow Airport has been suspended. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) were due to walk out for four days from April 11 in a dispute over rosters ...

05 Apr 2024 at 18:13

Driving test examiners to strike over ‘flawed plan’ to clear backlog

Almost 2,000 driving test examiners across England, Scotland and Wales have announced four days of strike action in a row over workloads. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working in 270 test ...

26 Jan 2024 at 14:37

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