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Brexiteer Owen Paterson suing the government at the European Court of Human Rights over ‘privacy breach’

The former minister was suspended from the House of Commons for breaking lobbying rules

Evening Standard

UK faces more transport chaos as thousands of 'angry' civil servants strike next month

Today the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) announced that action would begin in mid-December after talks with the Cabinet Office failed to yield an agreement

Daily Mirror

UK facing Christmas travel chaos as civil servants in three departments to strike

Stoppages will affect passport and border checks, driving tests and farm payments throughout Christmas

The Guardian - UK

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Border Force and Home Office staff prepare to go on strike

PCS union moves to add to ‘substantial strike fund’ for dispute

The Independent UK

Ports, Border Force, driving tests and licences to be hit by strikes

The Public and Commercial Services union said action will start in mid-December and continue for a month.

The Independent UK

Border Force trainees ‘stripped of free accommodation for asylum course’

People told to make daily round-trips of up to three hours and that not turning up on time may result in failure, union says

The Guardian - UK

Number of Britons on poverty pay set to hit 5.1 million next year OLD

Exclusive: Another 1.6 million people will be pulled below real living wage rates, research shows

The Independent UK

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Strikes may hinder crime-fighting, says Met Police chief

‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction,’ Sir Mark Rowley said

Evening Standard

Met Police boss warns public sector strikes could hinder crime-fighting

Sir Mark Rowley said: ‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction.’

The Independent UK

Military set to fill in for Border Force guards during winter strikes OLD

Union bosses warn of ‘extraordinary disruption’ at airports and key ports like Dover

The Independent UK

UK civil servants in Whitehall and frontline services vote to strike

Services from passports to pensions could be affected as 100,000 PCS union members to join nurses in wave of stoppages

The Guardian - UK

PCS union: 100,000 civil servants vote for strike action in row over pay and pensions

Union gives government ultimatum: ‘Offer substantial proposals or sustained industrial action will go ahead’

The Independent UK

100,000 civil servants vote to strike from passports to DWP - full list of areas hit

The Public and Commercial Services Union asked more than 150,000 Government employees at 214 departments across the country whether to join national industrial action

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of jobs at risk as DWP launches voluntary redundancy scheme - including in North East

The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme with more than 400 jobs at risk

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Daily Mirror

Union accuses DWP of 'cynically delaying' redundancy announcement until after strike vote

The Public and Commercial Services Union said hundreds of jobs are at risk at 13 sites across the country with the Department for Work and Pensions launching a volunatary redundancy scheme

The Guardian - UK

Border Force union joins legal action over conditions at Manston asylum centre

Exclusive: PCS joins action with charity and a woman placed at Kent processing centre for boat arrivals

The Guardian - UK

Cleaners and caterers to strike at UK’s business department

Outsourced workers supporting civil servants are skipping meals because they can’t afford them, says PCS union

The Independent UK

Manston staff would not be able to control riots, government warned

‘Should something really nasty kick off we would not be in a position to control it,’ says PCS union

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The Independent UK

Overcrowding has made Manston centre a ‘pot that’s boiling over’, workers say

‘Why has it taken firebombs to be thrown for anyone to take notice?’, union rep said

The Independent UK

Court staff begin nine-day walkout over case management system

The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said members working as legal advisers and court associates will strike from Saturday to October 30.

Liverpool Echo

Union to rally in bid to save hundreds of Liverpool MoD jobs

Hundreds of staff could be relocated to Blackpool

The Guardian - UK

As the Tories implode, Britain’s unions are powering up – and more than ready for the fight

Union leaders see themselves as a third force in politics, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Daily Mirror

Strikes could run for 'months' if hundreds of thousands of workers back walkouts

PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka warned that disputes over pay and working conditions could run into the Spring and said people were fed up of the Government's 'callous, brutal dismissal' of workers' concerns

The Guardian - UK

Union leader urges Keir Starmer to make clear he is on side of workers

Unite’s Sharon Graham says Labour leader must not ‘stand on the sidelines’ as workers go on strike

Daily Mirror

What would a general strike mean and will there be one as unions warns of joint action

Trade union bosses have been escalating calls for mass coordinated strike action this winter, raising questions about whether a general strike could be imminent

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