Strike off as agreement is reached at Wolverhampton College
Staff and students to hold lunchtime rally against government cuts
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Staff protest at University of Sheffield in row over ‘twotier’ contracts
Staff and students at the University of Sheffield will hold lunchtime protests on Monday 21 June in a row over controversial new contracts.
Staff and students join for national day of action against education funding cuts
Demonstrations to be held in over 70 colleges and universities across the UK
Free schools policy breaks the Government’s rules on fairness, responsibility and value for money, says NASUWT
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:55:00 GMT
The free schools programme will be anything but free. Free schools are an unnecessary and costly gamble in educating the country’s children.
The free schools programme will be anything but free. Free schools are an unnecessary and costly gamble in educating the country’s children.
Stop misleading people over public sector, warns UNISON
Fundamental flaws in the Policy Exchange report
Capital gains tax should increase to help close deficit and end tax dodging
Capital gains tax (CGT) is used by rich people to avoid paying their proper share of tax and if the Chancellor believes that “we are all in this together” he should increase both the rate and coverage of CGT, according to a new report published by the TUC today (Monday).
Policy Exchange statistics are ‘deliberately misleading’, says TUC
Commenting on the Policy Exchange report published today (Friday) on the public sector, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“For Policy Exchange every nurse, every doctor, every teacher is a drag on the economy. The rest of us know that they all – and countless other public servants – provide a vital role. Far from holding back the private sector, the public sector educates and trains their workforce, buys many of their goods and services, keeps their staff healthy and provides the vital infrastructure without which the UK would travel back to the 19th century.”
Lib Dems: You’ve been conned
Derek Simpson has called on Liberal Democrat members with a social conscience to tear up their party membership cards to save the shame of being associated with a government which will begin the most brutal, ideologically driven cuts in a generation, starting with next Tuesday’s emergency budget.
Unite reaction to Santander offer for RBS branches
Santander already owns branches of Abbey National, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley, there is a danger that soon British customers will only have one provider to choose from.
Usdaw calls for a fair deal for working carers
The shopworkers union Usdaw is calling for a fair deal for the UK’s army of working carers in next week’s emergency budget....