A new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the average weekly expenditure for households aged between 65 and 74 was £455.30 in 2021/22. In total, that’s approximately £23,000 each year. Meanwhile, households, where the head is aged over 75, had an average weekly spend of £356.30 per week. …
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The below-inflation pay deal between Britain’s main health unions and the Conservative government has provoked anger among National Health Service (NHS) workers. It is likely the deal will be rejected by nurses in balloting that closes Friday April 14, with members of Unison, Unite and other health unions voting on …
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Junior doctors are being paid as little as £14 an hour to carry out vital operations, a campaign reveals. As medics today begin a four-day strike, The British Medical Association exposes the shocking truth about wages. It said: “Is this a fair price to provide patients with high-quality healthcare?” In …
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Junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) are taking four consecutive days of strikes this week. World Socialist Web Site reporters visited picket lines on the first day of the action. Victoria was picketing Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital. She has been a …
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THE four-day strike by junior doctors this week marks the longest national strike in NHS history. Though members of other health unions are voting on an improved — though still below-inflation — pay award following successful strike action, the doctors’ walkout shows we are a long way from industrial peace …
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Rail workers will stage another series of nationwide strikes next month in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The fresh industrial action follows announcements today by unions for Royal Mail staff, border force workers and nurses, who have declared their intention to stage walk outs. The Rail, Maritime …
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The Communication Workers Union announced on Thursday that members had voted by 95.9% on a 77.3% turnout to take further strike action The vote will enable CWU members to vote for a further six months if necessary ( Image: Daily Record) Royal Mail workers have overwhelmingly voted to renew their …
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Trade unions across industries staged walkouts in disputes over pay and working conditions amid the cost of living crisis. Therefore, the strikes that started in 2022 continued into 2023. These employee walkouts have impacted a range of services across London such as the rail services, royal mail deliveries, NHS, ambulance …
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The DWP-funded state pension is set to increase in April along with other pensioner benefits. As the cost of living crisis continues to take its toll in households across the UK, many low income households could be struggling to make ends meet. One of the most vulnerable group said to …
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If you thought the strike actions by nurses, ambulance staff, rail and bus workers were behind us, then think again. After a month of December which saw an unprecedented number of industrial actions many public sector workers from paramedics to nurses – the first such industrial action in decades – …
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