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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

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

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

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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

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

‘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

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.

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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

‘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

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

Rishi Sunak seeks to burnish green credentials ahead of Cop28 summit

Prime Minister announces series of measures to protect nature in England

Evening Standard

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

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

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

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Daily Mirror

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Daily Mirror

Tories set to 'betray' British workers over £1.6bn naval supply ships deal

MPs have waged a parliamentary fight calling for the contract to go to Team UK - maximising the amount of work that goes to British employees

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