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    Bin workers strike over pay in Birmingham

    by Zoe Wickens 4 Feb 2025
    by Zoe Wickens 4 Feb 2025

    More than 350 bin workers based in the city of Birmingham have begun strike action over a pay dispute.

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    BMA staff ready to strike over pay

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    The British Medical Association is facing a walk-out after claims it had underpaid tens of advisers.

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    Cardiff University to cut 7% of workforce

    by Rob Moss 28 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 28 Jan 2025

    Cardiff University confirms proposals to cut 400 academic jobs – 7% of its total workforce – in an effort to secure long-term future.

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    ONS to hire temporary staff to improve Labour Force Survey

    by Jo Faragher 24 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 24 Jan 2025

    The Office for National Statistics will spend £8 million hiring temporary staff in a bid to fix problems with its Labour Force Survey (LFS).

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    Prison officer recruitment process ‘not fit for purpose’

    by Jo Faragher 15 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 15 Jan 2025

    The recruitment process for prison officers is ‘simply not fit for purpose’, with officers routinely being recruited over Zoom, according to its union chief.

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    Met Police inspector sacked over WhatsApp messages

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2025

    The chairman of the Metropolitan Black Police Association has been dismissed for gross misconduct after exchanging thousands of racist, homophobic and misogynist WhatsApp messages.

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    Second jobs at four-day council ‘nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch’

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025

    The situation at South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is described as “nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch”

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    Tackle workforce crisis to reduce waiting lists, say unions

    by Jo Faragher 6 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 6 Jan 2025

    The government needs to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS if it is to meet ambitious targets to reduce waiting lists.

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    National Care Service plans unlikely to emerge before 2028

    by Jo Faragher 3 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 3 Jan 2025

    The government has announced a commission to review the long-term funding of adult social care in England - but proposals are unlikely to emerge before 2028.

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    How HR in higher education is navigating stormy waters

    by Universities Human Resources 2 Jan 2025
    by Universities Human Resources 2 Jan 2025

    The higher education sector has endured a raft of people-related challenges in recent years, from strikes to budget pressures. Universities...

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    Flu hospitalisations surge, as NHS warns over festive gatherings

    by Nic Paton 20 Dec 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 Dec 2024

    Cases of flu serious enough to lead to hospitalisation are surging and are only likely to get worse as people...

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    GMB union calls for NHS pay awards to be ‘truly independent’

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Dec 2024

    The GMB Union urges the Pay Review Body (PRB) to ensure NHS workers’ pay awards next April are “truly independent”.

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    Post Office scandal police probe to draw in employees, lawyers and civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024

    One hundred police officers are now working on a criminal investigation of current and past Post Office employees, civil servants and lawyers.

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    10,000-plus civil service jobs to go in cost-cutting drive

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Dec 2024

    At least 10,000 civil service jobs could be axed under government plans to cut costs by 5% across all departments.

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    Met Police staff vote to strike over office return

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Dec 2024

    Metropolitan Police staff vote to take strike action over plans to make them return to the office for three to five days a week.

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