Government launches new attack on right to strike
“This legislation will remove the legal immunity for strikes where unions fail to implement a minimum level of service. The strikes will be illegal.”
Left Foot Forward
Huge blow for Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary recommends ‘dropping Channel 4 privatisation’
Looks like the government wasted millions of pounds attacking a broadcaster for no reason whatsoever.
Why Labour’s policy to increase homeownership through a new mortgage guarantee scheme will not work
Only policy targeting reductions in income inequality will help first-time buyers and improve homeownership levels
A damning chart which shows just why the NHS is in crisis
A number of trusts have announced critical incidents in recent days
TUC’s Paul Nowak takes apart government’s false claims about unions and public sector strikes
‘The average nurse is £4,000 a year worse off than If their pay would’ve risen by the rate of inflation since 2008.’
UK faces deepest and longest recession in G7, say economists, with ‘Brexit and incompetence of ministers’ blamed
‘The UK was in a ‘structural hole, not a cyclical downturn’
Tory MP slammed after telling firefighters using foodbanks to ‘learn how to budget’
“Then on your much higher MP wage, why are you needing to claim expenses and eat taxpayer subsidised food? Just budget.”
RMT’s Mick Lynch slams Tory minister for lying and insists government torpedoed a deal to prevent rail strikes
Lynch claimed that ministers were “undermining efforts to get a settlement” and had sunk an agreement in December.
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A full list of upcoming strike dates
We take a look at the upcoming list of strike dates.