88 m. ago Rugby tickets, £90 chocolates, and hampers gifted to Welsh Government staff

Gifts ranged from tickets to Wales rugby games worth hundreds of pounds to two boxes of Christmas chocolates valued at £90

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58 h. ago Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott

French government withdraws funding after claims of toxic management and dismissal of staff member who lodged rape complaintOne of the world’s most prestigious comic book festivals is under threat of cancellation after leading graphic novelists and publishers announced they would boycott the event and the French government withdrew a tranche of its funding.In the biggest crisis in its illustrious history, the Angoulême festival of la bande dessinée (comic strip) may not take place in 2026 after claims of toxic management and the dismissal of a member of staff who had lodged a rape complaint. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Government announcement over NHS redundancies as 1,600 Greater Manchester staff in 'Kafka

'Hopefully this will see the end to the uncertainty our staff have been facing for the last eight months', said Greater Manchester health chief, Sir Richard Leese

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2 w. ago Exclusive: 1,500 staff at Sadiq Khan's City Hall receive bombshell warning of possible job losses

Unprecedented email sent to all GLA staff as critics say the Government is failing London

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3 w. ago Failures across all levels of prison staff contributed to much

Aaron Taylor died in HMP Garth following mistakes made by prison staff from the most junior prison officer to the governor, a jury has ruled

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3 w. ago What happens to your flight now air traffic controllers are not getting paid

Over 8,000 flights were delayed on Sunday due to massive staff shortages caused by the government shutdown

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3 w. ago What happens to your flight now that air traffic controllers are not getting paid

Over 3,000 flights were delayed on Sunday due to massive staff shortages caused by the government shutdown

Politics

3 w. ago Epping migrant sex offender was released from jail deliberately by rogue member of staff to cause 'major political embarrassment', ex

Hadush Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Epping.

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3 w. ago Epping migrant sex offender was released from jail deliberately by rogue member of staff to cause 'major political embarrassment', ex prison governor and criminologist suggests

Hadush Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Epping.

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3 w. ago Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber

Programme is designed to defend energy, transport and utilities amid concern over vulnerability to internet outagesBritain’s leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and the chief executive resigned amid ministerial pressure.The Alan Turing Institute will “carry out a programme of science and innovation designed to protect the UK from hostile threats”, it announced on Tuesday as part of changes following the resignation last month of Jean Innes, its chief executive, after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul of the state-funded body. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Welsh business pocketed £66,000 instead of paying staff minimum wage, and it wasn't the only one

The UK Government has named nine businesses in Wales made to repay their staff in full and pay hefty fines

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last month New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions

Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and also pressing for more government investment in health and educationAn estimated 100,000 nurses, teachers and public sector staff walked off the job in New Zealand on Thursday to call on the government to better fund and resource public services, in one of the country’s largest ever strikes.The so-called “mega strike” brought together workers from multiple sectors, including more than 60,000 school teachers, 40,000 nurses and salaried medical specialists and 15,000 public service staff. Continue reading...

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