The latest headlines in your inbox Royal Mail is facing its first national postal strike in a decade after staff voted overwhelmingly for action. The walkout was backed by around 110,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), in a huge turnout of 76 per cent. The strike dates have yet …
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Remembrance Day will now honour civilians and victims of terror after the Royal British Legion announces the red poppy isn’t just for fallen soldiers The red poppy’s new meaning ‘acknowledges the wider impact of conflict’ Remembrance Day now recognises ‘innocent civilians who lost lives to terrorism’ Forty million poppies distributed each …
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The new chair of the East of England Ambulance Trust says her priority will be to spend time with staff to work out how best to face the challenges facing the service. Nicola Scrivings joins from the Cambridge Community Services Trust and has also worked at Royal Mail. The Ambulance …
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(Press Association) Royal Mail will discover on Tuesday if it is facing the threat of a national strike by postal workers in a dispute over job security and … Source link
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Pakistan tonight on what has been described as the most ‘complex and challenging’ international tour of their fledging royal careers. Arriving at the Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi just after 9.30pm the smiling royal couple were accorded a red-carpet reception as …
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Winston Trew (pictured in 1972) and Sterling Christie were part of a group of friends who became known as the Oval Four after being jailed in controversial circumstances for muggings on the Tube Two black men who claim they were framed by a self-confessed ‘bent’ policeman almost 50 years ago …
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Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner refuses to attend the Queen’s Speech after muttering ‘I’m not going’ when MPs were asked to attend the House of Lords Politician, 87, prompts laughter from both sides of House of Commons today Quip came after Black Rod requested MPs’ attendance to hear Queen’s Speech …
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Labour’s renationalisation plans will cost at least £196bn, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has claimed. The party’s proposals to take water and energy utilities, train companies and the Royal Mail into public ownership would cost the equivalent of taking all income tax paid by UK citizens in a single …
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Labour’s plans for wholesale renationalisation will cost at least £196billion, business leaders warn today. The party’s next election manifesto is expected to contain proposals to take Royal Mail, train operators and water and energy firms back into public ownership. The CBI employers’ group said this could increase public debt by …
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The Queen, along with Prince Charles, could make more than £100million a year from the huge expansion of offshore windfarms The Queen and Prince Charles could make more than £100million a year from the huge expansion of offshore windfarms – thanks to a change in the way that the monarchy …
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