4 h. ago Care workers to strike for first time in decade over pay and 'years of broken promises'

Unison said it is a response to “years of broken promises and delays by the Scottish Government to reform and fund social care properly".

Economics

5 h. ago Care workers to strike for first time in decade in dispute over pay

Unison said a walkout over five days in different regions will begin in East Renfrewshire on May 29.

Economics

10 h. ago MSP slams Scottish Government’s “broken promise” to eradicate delayed discharge in NHS Lanarkshire.

Meghan Gallacher's call comes after new statistics from Public Health Scotland showed that over 60,000 bed days were lost in March alone because of so-called bed-blocking across Scotland’s hospitals.

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2 d. ago English test among range of Labour measures to control immigration

Keir Starmer says system ‘will be tightened up’ in all areas, following sharp rise in support for Reform UK in electionsLabour’s immigration shake-up challenges decades of party policyAdults accompanying foreign workers to the UK will be expected to pass an English language test and care homes will be prevented from recruiting staff from abroad as part of a swathe of new measures to be revealed by Keir Starmer to “tighten up” the immigration system.Amid a recent surge in support for Reform UK, the prime minister will say on Monday that overseas arrivals should commit “to learning our language” and will promise to overhaul a “broken system” that encourages businesses to “bring in lower-paid workers”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump's 'secret embarrassment' over day one promise he made that has been spectacularly broken

President Donald Trump made a key day one promise to voters both before and after he was elected. He is reportedly frustrated he hasn't been able to deliver on it well past 100 days in office.

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5 d. ago Major rail operator East Anglia gives exact date it will be nationalised by government

The Labour government has promised to gradually nationalise rail firms within five years as part of a promise to fix the broken service

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8 d. ago Premier League promise over FA Cup final broken due to Man Utd and Tottenham

A promise was made for no Premier League games to be scheduled the night before this season's FA Cup final but that has now been broken owing to Manchester United and Tottenham's European hopes

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9 d. ago SNP MSP accuses her party of 'broken' promises after conversion therapy ban u

Emma Roddick spoke out after the SNP Government kicked a ban into the long grass.

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2 w. ago Scotland's top trade unionist lashes out at Keir Starmer's Labour's 'broken promises'

Keir Starmer’s Labour UK government has been attacked by Scotland’s top trade unionist

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