11 h. ago UK building crisis looms over strike to stop deliveries of crucial supplies

Builders could face a major shortage of supplies as hundreds of delivery drivers go on strike and refuse to deliver vital supplies in an escalating pay dispute

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1 week ago Union warns SNP that councils face 'morally compromising decisions' and threatens strike action

Scottish local authorities are being forced into “morally compromising decisions” as the threat of strike action looms over a pay deal standoff.

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2 w. ago England's yellow and parched land: How soaring immigration and a 30

This week ministers admitted that the country could run out of drinking water within 10 years as they unveiled plans to fast-track the building of two new reservoirs.

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3 w. ago Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year, study finds

Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflictA global military buildup poses an existential threat to climate goals, according to researchers who say the rearmament planned by Nato alone could increase greenhouse gas emissions by almost 200m tonnes a year.With the world embroiled in the highest number of armed conflicts since the second world war, countries have embarked on military spending sprees, collectively totalling a record $2.46tn in 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year

Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflictA global military buildup poses an existential threat to climate goals, according to researchers who say the rearmament planned by Nato alone could increase greenhouse gas emissions by almost 200m tonnes a year.With the world embroiled in the highest number of armed conflicts since the second world war, countries have embarked on military spending sprees, collectively totalling a record $2.46tn in 2023. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Teachers and doctors to get 4% pay rises but strike threat looms

The Government has confirmed NHS staff and teachers in England will get above-inflation pay hikes but the British Medical Association is threatening strike action, while the National Education Union warned it could register a dispute

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