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Strikes or ballots for industrial action are being announced virtually every day as workers across the country join the growing campaign for “decent” pay rises in the face of the cost-of-living crisis. Unions have described it as a “summer of solidarity” amid worsening industrial relations and accusations from union officials …

It’s difficult to stay across all of the news at the best of times, never mind when a Tory civil war is unfolding. Boris Johnson’s resignation and the battle for his place in No.10 has definitely dominated the news cycle for the last two weeks. And while the appointment of …

Unions representing millions of workers in the UK are seeing a greater willingness to strike, as the cost of living worsens and living standards drop at their sharpest rate since the 1950s. While wages stagnate and inflation soars, many workers have seen their wages cut in real terms, setting up …

There can be no more vivid example of how dilapidated and dysfunctional the National Health Service is becoming than the news that postmen are to be deployed as makeshift care workers. Royal Mail Health, the branch of the postal service set up to deliver prescription medicine to homes during lockdown, …

Inner London Crown Court will close next week due to a strike by criminal barristers over legal aid funding. A judge at the court today warned jurors that they will not be sitting next Tuesday as several days of walkouts begin along with a refusal to take on new cases. …

Teachers and nurses could be the next to take industrial action, union bosses have warned as the country prepares for strikes on the railways. The National Education Union said unless teachers received a pay offer closer to inflation it would plan to ballot its 450,000 members. Unison boss Christina McAnea …

Trade unions are threatening walkouts by teachers, NHS staff, barristers and postmen this summer. They are balloting up to 1.5million workers over strike action on a level not seen since the Winter of Discontent in the late 1970s. Sir Keir Starmer yesterday again failed to condemn rail strikes that will …

A bank has warned people to be on the alert for scammers as cases of impersonation fraud surge. TSB said the average victim of impersonation fraud loses £4,000, with household names like Royal Mail, Amazon and BT being used to lure unsuspecting people into sending money to scammers. Paul Davis, …

Redditch hospital had grand opening 35 years ago by its royal namesake and other famous faces have followed Royalty, prime minister and celebrities have graced the wards of Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital following its grand official opening 35 years ago; although the hospital opened its doors to patients in 1985. It …

The Prince of Wales has met winners of a children’s competition for new stamp designs based on heroes of the pandemic. The winning eight designs, chosen from more than 600,000 entries, feature NHS workers, a scientist, a delivery driver and Captain Sir Tom Moore. Charles, 73,  welcomed the winners and …