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Tory vote collapses in two Council by-elections as Labour and Greens gain seats
The Tory vote fell by more than 30 points
Strike dates: Universities to be shut down for 18 days in February and March
UCU members will walk out in a long running dispute over pay, conditions and pensions
Human Rights Watch says UK risks being listed as a ‘human rights abuser’
HRW have called it the most 'significant assault on human rights protections in the UK in decades’.
A damning chart showing how far public sector wages have lagged behind the private sector
ONS data shows that private sector pay grew 6.9% between August and October 2022 while public sector pay grew 2.7%
PCS announces one-day strike of 100,000 civil servants
'We warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen'
HMRC failed to collect £42bn in UK tax last year, MPs say
“The eye-watering £42bn now owed to HMRC in unpaid taxes would have filled a lot of this year’s infamous public spending black hole"