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Category: news releases
RMT warns that Merseyrail and Scotrail could be test grounds for ‘Railtrack Mark Two’ as industry ramps up pressure for Network Rail privatisation
RAIL UNION RMT warned today that pressure from the business sector is building up on the Government for privatisation of rail infrastructure in a move which would drag the industry back to the days of Hatfield and Potters Bar with the creation of 'Railtrack Two'.
Reforms to disability living allowance risk widespread poverty
Cuts to the disability living allowance (DLA) will leave disabled people, their carers and their children in poverty, says the TUC today (Friday) in its submission to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation on the benefit which closes today.
‘Caring’ charity, Norwood breaks off talks on large staff pay cuts in just……three minutes
‘Caring’ charity, Norwood broke off talks over its care staff facing large pay cuts - some would lose more than 40 per cent - in just……………three minutes.
East Coast rail bosses send 200 Call Centre jobs to India
Taxpayer funded East Coast rail bosses provoked a row today by announcing the closure of a Newcastle call centre and the loss of 200 jobs.
Skills, expertise and jobs lost as government abolishes the General Social Care Council
Unite, Britain's biggest union, has warned that skills and expertise will be lost as a result of the Government's decision to abolish the General Social Care Council (GSCC) with the loss of at least 100 jobs. Its functions will transfer to the Health Professions Council (HPC).
STUC fears confirmed on First Corporate Manslaughter Conviction
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings have been fined £385,000 after becoming the first company to be convicted under the new Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act following the death of Alex Wright in 2008, who suffocated when a 3.5m trench in which he was working collapsed on top of him.
New MPs’ inquiry fuels call for halt to coastguard cuts
The government should call an immediate halt to plans to close 10 of the UK's 19 coastguard stations and cut almost half their staff, PCS says after a committee of MPs announced it wants to look into...
Worldwide campaign for higher taxes on finance sector targets British, French and German finance ministers
As finance ministers from the G20 nations prepare to gather in Paris tomorrow (Friday), supporters in 25 countries backing a financial transactions tax (FTT) are planning a global day of action today (Thursday) to increase pressure on governments around the world to sign up for a Robin Hood Tax on the banks.
Student visa restrictions are a kneejerk and dangerous policy
UCU said today new student visa measures would have a real impact on UK universities' ability to compete effectively on the global stage and risked sending a dangerous message to the rest of the world that the UK was 'closed for business'