NHS consultants and junior doctors in England have started their longest ever joint strike action in an escalation of their long running pay row with the government. It is reported that more than one million appointments have had to be rescheduled since consultants and junior doctors began their strike action earlier this year. In August, […]
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Angela Rayner has pledged a future Labour government will introduce new laws to boost workers rights within 100 days of taking power. Labour’s deputy leader promised an end to zero-hours contracts, protections against unfair dismissal, an end of fire-and-rehire practices, more flexible working and repealing the Conservative government’s “vicious” anti-trade union laws. The New Deal […]
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British Airways workers are to be awarded a 13.1% pay rise and one-off £1,000 payment to be paid over an 18 month period. Members of Unite have voted overwhelmingly to accept the offer which the union called “significant” and said was a reversal of cuts to pay made during the Covid pandemic. Pilots and managers […]
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A senior doctor has warned that ongoing NHS strikes are setting the health service up for a “terrifying” winter with a severe flu outbreak forecast and record waiting lists creating a “terrible cocktail” for patients and staff. President of the Society for Acute Medicine Dr Tim Cookley criticised the government’s “intransigence” for refusing to negotiate […]
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The UK’s capital has been warned it faces a major measles outbreak that could result in thousands of people being hospitalised and dozens of deaths because of low vaccination rates. Analysis by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said London risks an outbreak of between 40,000 and 160,000 cases of measles without an improvement in […]
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Billed by Rishi Sunak as “the most significant thing to ever happen in the NHS”, the long-awaited NHS long term plan aims to fix staffing issues to future proof the health service. Sunak has allocated £2.4 billion over five years to deliver the “largest expansion in training and workforce” in the 75 year history of […]
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Rishi Sunak has signalled he is willing to overrule independent review bodies recommendations for public sector pay rises, provoking fury from trade unions who say millions will be left even worse off. The prime minister said he will block public sector pay rises if they are considered unaffordable because they could set off a “wage-price […]
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Nurses have rejected the government’s deal to end their industrial action and pencilled in two days of escalated strikes from 8pm on April 30 to 8pm on May 2. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) voted 54% to 46% to reject the offer of a 5% pay rise and one-off cash bonus for […]
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted industrial strikes have hit the UK economy which recorded zero growth in February. Hunt has ruled out awarding higher pay deals for public sector workers to end the strikes, insisting such a move would be inflationary and have a damaging impact on the economy. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures […]
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Unions representing nurses, ambulance staff and other NHS workers have reached a pay deal with the government that could see the end of their industrial action. After months of strikes and weeks of negotiations, the three biggest unions – Royal College of Nursing (RCN), GMB and Unison – are recommending their members accept the deal […]
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