‘We need to get it right’: union gusto for Burnham will face make-or-break tests TUC conference rings with praise for new No 10 team, but battles loom over workers’ rights and north sea drilling The Guardian - UK · Sep 16
Ministers must end ‘barking mad’ restraints on civil service pay, union leader warns Exclusive: Prospect boss Mike Clancy cites problems retaining technical and digital experts The Guardian - UK · Feb 19
UK PM says AI should soon replace civil servants Sir Kier Starmer believes that AI can do some Whitehall jobs better than human workers. TechRadar · Mar 13, 2025
AI should replace some work of civil servants, Starmer to announce The new digital ‘mantra’ prompts unions to warn PM to stop blaming problems on Whitehall officials The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025
Strangers' Bar in Parliament to reopen with enhanced security after spiking allegation Commons authorities have agreed to install CCTV and introduce other security measures to deter drink spiking Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025
MPs’ bar to reopen with enhanced security after spiking allegation Commons authorities have agreed to install CCTV in the Strangers’ Bar and introduce other security measures to deter drink spiking. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
‘We need to hear about hope’: unions greet Keir Starmer TUC speech with mixed emotions Enthusiasm for public sector pay awards tempered by concern over winter fuel payment cuts and job losses The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2024
Key results from Georgia runoff, Virginia and Oklahoma primaries - Roll Call Rep. Tom Cole in Oklahoma had no problem with a primary challenge as elections also set November matchups in Georgia and Virginia. Roll Call · Jun 18, 2024
Ministerial code completely inadequate, civil servants’ unions tell MPs Unions says there is ‘zero confidence’ in process of raising complaints about ministers, citing Dominic Raab case The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024
‘We can’t let Tesla get away with this’: why Swedish unions are fighting Elon Musk Billionaire is against the labour movement, and workers believe their country’s traditions are under threat The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023
Jeremy Hunt ramps up campaign for Surrey Hills to be named new National Park Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho also talked up the beauty of the Surrey Hills Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023
Rishi Sunak seeks to burnish green credentials ahead of Cop28 summit Prime Minister announces series of measures to protect nature in England Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023
CAA workers to be balloted on industrial action in pay dispute Union Prospect said it is the first time a ballot on industrial action has taken place at the Civil Aviation Authority. The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
BMA: Doctors’ 6% pay offer ‘missed opportunity’ to end strikes Rishi Sunak said he had accepted the recommendation of public sector pay review bodies and was making a ‘final offer’ to unions. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023 Rishi Sunak tells unions pay award is Government’s final offer The PM said he had accepted the recommendations of pay review bodies, but critics warned the lack of extra money would mean cuts to services.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023 UK ministers back down and offer civil servants £1,500 to end pay row Prospect union welcomes offer made after talks on Friday of one-off payment to help with cost of living
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 Civil service unions enter new pay talks with UK government Prospect and FDA suspend strike action after offer of ‘meaningful’ talks, with PCS also attending
The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2023 Civil service union attacks No 10 for not offering cost of living payment Prospect members set to strike as pay offer for civil servants fails to follow template for others public sector workers
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023 Workplace accidents increasingly ignored by UK safety regulator Exclusive: HSE disregarding far more serious accidents than five years ago because of lack of resources, finds union
Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2023 Civil servants announce new strike dates as country faces 'summer of discontent' The Prospect union, which represents staff across the Civil Service, said walkouts will take place on May 10 and June 7. Thousands of civil servants will strike again in a row over a pay
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023 Civil servant union accuses government of ignoring strike talks offer Prospect says Cabinet Office not engaging over dispute that could lead to 150,000 public sector workers going on strike
Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023 Use UK steel in British warships to avoid 'double betrayal', urge campaigners Unions and MPs reacted furiously last year when the Ministry of Defence handed a £1.6billion contract to build three new vessels to a consortium led by a Spanish company
Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022 Rishi Sunak blasted on shipyard visit for 'betraying' UK workers by using Spanish firm The Government awarded the contract for Fleet Solid Support ships to a Spanish-led consortium - prompting fury from MPs and unions who wanted a British-led bid to win the deal
Wales Online · Nov 5, 2022 Twitter launches £7 per month blue tick subscription The social media company said any users who "sign up now" to its premium "Twitter Blue" service a month will get blue-tick verification
Tribune News Service · Nov 4, 2022 Layoffs, lawsuits begin after Musk takes helm Twitter Inc. employees around the world began getting notifications that they were locked out of their work accounts, a week after billionaire Elon Musk took over the company promising sweeping changes.