The already-stretched UK Armed Forces have lost even more staff in the past three months, figures have revealed. Statistics from...
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The government has been urged to provide more training and better career paths for care workers as part of a...
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Workers at the Department for Work and Pensions likely to face further compulsory redundancies
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryWorkers at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are likely to be facing more compulsory redundancies, a move likely...
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The number of people training to become domestic energy assessors has not reduced despite communities secretary Ruth Kelly delaying the introduction of...
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University and College Union joint general secretary Paul Mackney slams government’s privatisation plans for higher and further education
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe government’s higher and further education policy has been slated by the joint general secretary of the University and College...
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Skills review author Lord Leitch accused of cronyism for contributing £5,000 to chancellor Gordon Brown’s campaign fund
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe founder of the ‘skills pledge’ Lord Sandy Leitch has been implicated in the Gordon Brown cronyism affair.The Electoral Commission...
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The proposed London Gateway port at the former Shell refinery at Shellhaven, Thurrock, in the Thames estuary has been given...
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Workers at supermarket chain Kwik Save have been left “shocked and devastated” after the company closed one-third of its stores, retail union...
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Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC), the Chinese car manufacturer and owner of the MG plant at Longbridge, West Midlands reopened the...
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UK plc is closing the employment door on workers with no qualifications, but welcomes those with computer skills, research has...
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Unions and voluntary organisations have called for a new national bank holiday to be made in October to celebrate and...
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Government spells out obligations of trustees of pension personal accounts scheme
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government’s proposed system of personal accounts will be run by trustees who would be legally obliged to handle the scheme’s...
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All the grumbling about the Leitch Skills Pledge got Guru thinking. Rather than just moaning about the government’s call for...
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The government needs to develop a flexible skills pledge or face the “nightmare” of regulation, skills envoy Digby Jones has warned....
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Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has slammed the government for wasting six months before launching the Leitch skills pledge.
Jones, tasked by the...