19 h. ago Council workers to be balloted on new pay offer amid threat of strikes

Unison has recommended local government workers accept the deal, which amounts to a 4% rise this year and 3.5% next year.

Events

25 h. ago 'Free' bus and train perks need to be axed urgently in one area says expert

Critics say the schemes are increasingly being used by well-off older workers, while younger people are left footing the bill through council tax and the congestion charge

Politics

4 d. ago Nurses ramp up strikes threats with ballot over 'grotesque' above

Around 345,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing are being balloted on the latest pay award, which they have claimed will be 'entirely swallowed up by inflation'.

Events

6 d. ago Council workers stick notice on car 'abandoned' near Gatwick airport saying it must be moved

The white BMW was covered in dust and appeared to be abandoned when police were called to reports of a body found in it.

Transport

6 d. ago Holidaymakers face summer of strikes at major British airport as 800 workers are set to be balloted for industrial action over pay

Unite the Union said that if there is no successful resolution to the disputes in the coming days, it will move towards holding votes on industrial action within two weeks.

Economics

8 d. ago Youth worker who told vulnerable child 'I could murder a cuddle in bed now, lol, naked' struck off

Francois Hanson was a youth worker at Neath Port Talbot Council when he abused his position supporting an 'extremely vulnerable child' he nicknamed 'chicken nugget', a professional standards hearing was told

Events

2 w. ago Doctors ramp up strike threats as ballot begins despite inflation

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, have started to receive ballots for industrial action.

Events

2 w. ago Militant resident doctors launch strike ballot over NHS pay and call for walkouts... firing the starting gun on a Labour 'summer of discontent'

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears other public sector workers could follow.

Sport

2 w. ago Resident doctors fire the starting gun on a Labour summer of discontent by launching a strike ballot over NHS pay

The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears nurses, teachers and other public sector workers could follow.

Events

2 w. ago Council granted interim injunction over pickets in strike by bin workers

Members of Unite have been on all-out strike since March 11 in a row over pay and jobs in Birmingham.

Events

3 w. ago Clyde Tunnel ‘could close’ as workers vote to strike for better pay

The workers rejected a 3% pay offer from Scottish council umbrella body Cosla.

Politics