Public sector

BMA calls for resignation of Frank Hester, chief executive of healthcare tech supplier TPP, over alleged racist comments reported this week.

Teaching unions have criticised the government's decision to reduce its secondary teacher training target in 2024/25.

Staff at the ONS are being balloted for strike action and action short of a strike over office return plans.

Seven in 10 government bodies say that skills are a barrier to artificial intelligence adoption in their organisation.

Local government minister Simon Hoare said he thought it was ‘hugely disappointing and arrogant‘ that a council was continuing its four-day week trial.

Professor Jo Phoenix agrees to settlement with Open University after winning claim for discrimination due to her gender-critical beliefs.

Coventry University's decision not to promote a lecturer with ADHD and a sleep disorder was not disability discrimination.

Home Office announces that 73% of fire engines should be crewed in its minimum service level rules for fire and rescue services.

Health workers in England are facing record levels of discrimination from the public, the NHS staff survey for 2023 reveals.

The largest union representing civil service workers has announced it will launch a national strike ballot of 160,000 civil servants...

A group of health workers with long Covid who believe they caught the virus at work are taking their claim...

Doctors' unions and government agree on improved pay offer for consultants in England after the previous proposal was narrowly rejected

Surrey County Council has apologised to employees after an error with its £30m payroll system saw staff paid the wrong wages.

The BBC will feature interviews with intelligence officers from minority backgrounds to boost ethnic diversity in the service.

Civil service absence is up to a 12-year high, official figures suggest.