Royal Mail staff are joining the likes of train workers and nurses in staging strikes in the UK this week. On Monday, the Government held an emergency Cobra meeting to address the walkouts, with minister Oliver Dowden urging unions to call off the industrial action, saying: “I don’t think most …
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Royal Mail staff, nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials will all stage walkouts over jobs, pay and conditions this month as Brits prepare for mayhem over Christmas. December is being described as the ‘new winter of discontent’ – with bus workers, baggage handlers, environment agency staff and paramedics …
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How I miss that distinctive sound of Advent: the heavy thud of 11 envelopes landing on the doormat! Ever since the decline of handwritten letters, which began in the 1990s with the arrival of the internet, Advent has been the one time of year when we could re-live the daily …
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Parcel delivery giant DPD has temporarily stopped delivering to a number of Merseyside postcodes. The company said there will be delays to its next-day delivery service because of the industrial action. According to DPD, there will be delays in delivering parcels to the affected Merseyside postcodes of one day. READ …
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Royal Mail workers are going on strike throughout December, right before and up to Christmas, which means the last posting dates for Christmas are earlier than usual this year. Workers are taking industrial action on 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 December, meaning you will have to send your …
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The Chief Executive of Irish An Post, David McRedmond, lashed out at the UK Government for failing to ensure Royal Mail implements agreed post-Brexit rules to smoothen its services. The furious Irish director said Royal Mail has a “responsibility to ensure trade is facilitated”, arguing its failure to comply with …
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LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government is planning for military staff and civil servants to cover for striking workers at air and sea ports as the UK braces for industrial action set to cause major disruptions in the coming weeks. The measures are among contingency plans due to …
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Rutland County Council is taking steps to ensure postal ballot papers reach voters in the Langham Neighbourhood Plan Referendum, following delays caused by Royal Mail strike action. A referendum to decide if the Langham Neighbourhood Plan should be adopted is scheduled to take place on Thursday (December 15). Postal ballot …
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12 December 2022, 12:33 Nurses and ambulance staff are set to strike in December over pay and working conditions. Picture: Getty For the first time in history, nurses and ambulance staff will be going on strike in a huge dispute over wages – here are the strike dates for this …
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