Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1077/30422 From The Socialist newspaper, 11 March 2020 Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) supporting a ‘yes’ vote in a reballot for strike action, Leicester Meridian, photo Steve Score (Click to enlarge) Socialist Party members in CWU Almost 110,000 postal workers are currently …
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11 March 2020 150 Views With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is that Section 8 is the remaining eviction option for letting agents and landlords. PayProp has teamed up with Agent Smart to help agents …
Read More »Highland Council candidates quizzed at Skye and Raasay by-election hustings in Portree – West Highland Free Press – www.whfp.com
Chair Neil Burrows with the six candidates: Màrtainn Mac a’ Bhàillidh – Misneachd; Fay Thomson – Liberal Democrats; Calum Munro – Independent; Andrew Kiss – SNP; Ruriadh Stewart – Conservatives, and Dawn Kroonstuiver Campbell – The Scottish Green Party. The six hopefuls contesting the vacant seat in the Eilean a’ Cheo …
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Royal fans are going wild over a touching moment shared between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during the Commonwealth Service on their final royal appearance. The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 38, joined the Queen, 93, and other senior royals at Westminster Abbey yesterday in their last official duty …
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Meghan Markle flashed a radiant smile, curtseyed respectfully to the queen and Prince Charles and generally dazzled in an emerald-green dress and matching hat during her final appearance Monday as a senior member of the royal family. But it may have been the kind of show-must-go-on performance that the American …
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Based on Jack London’s adventure – The Call of the Wild is the story of St. Bernard and Scotch Collie named Buck, a dog who really doesn’t fit well with humankind and progress – but rather …the wild. Narrated by the same orator as Rick Deckard’s voice over in …
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The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has upheld a complaint against the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme (RMSPS) over a refusal to pay complaint. ‘Mr Y’ complained that the scheme had refused to pay a full deferred pension to him upon retirement, stating that the RMSPS management team (RMSPS MT) was only …
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