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Overhauling sick pay rules would pump billions into British economy, say experts

A report for the Centre for Progressive Change think tank outlines how reforming the system could deliver benefits for businesses, workers and the Treasury

Daily Mirror

50 frontline health jobs are axed in Renfrewshire as more cuts are expected

Figures show the local body responsible for delivering care at home will cut 48 roles from an already over stretched workforce over the next two years.

Daily Record

UK care operators accused of ‘shocking abuse’ of migrant workers

Unison says some workers given substandard accommodation and 80-hour weeks and forced to repay recruitment fees

The Guardian - UK

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Scottish firm who donated thousands to Tories now Scottish Labour's biggest backer

SCOTTISH Labour’s biggest backer is a Renfrewshire-based firm which previously gave over £600,000 to the Tories, the Sunday National can reveal.

The National (Scotland)

The Welsh school with a 'pay as you can' cafe that is one of the best in world for overcoming adversity

Cadoxton Primary in Barry runs pay as you can food, clothes and uniform shops as well as a laundrette

Wales Online

Public-sector workers ready for ‘prolonged’ industrial action, union says

Workers from a number of unions including Unison, Nipsa and Unite gathered outside the Northern Ireland Office at Erskine House in Belfast.

The Independent UK

Early years workers in North Lanarkshire set to strike

UNISON’s ballot closed on Monday and saw an overwhelming 97 per cent vote to reject the plans to downgrade their posts and to take strike action on a 77 per cent turnout.

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North Lanarkshire nurseries face closure as workers vote for strike action

North Lanarkshire nurseries could be forced to close as early years workers have voted to take industrial action following the council's 'fire and rehire' proposals.

Glasgow Live

Bristol bins collection chaos ahead as second union ballots workers over strikes

Unison has joined Unite is balloting members at Bristol Waste on industrial action

Bristol Post

Gateshead leisure centre closures see staff finally free of 'inhumane' redundancy threat

More than 160 leisure centre staff have been under threat of redundancy for months, but none will lose their jobs despite two sites closing down

Chronicle Live

How to draw with pastels and Conté crayons

Capture the essence of natural forms by combining these two mediums.

Creative Bloq

University of Bristol strikes: UNISON confirms more walk-outs as pay dispute continues

The university says it respects their decision but "these are not issues that Bristol can solve on its own"

Bristol Post

Most carers not paid for travel time between appointments – study

Unison hit out at the scandal, and said the Government had responded with ‘inaction and indifference’.

The Independent UK

'I'm a teaching assistant and my pay is so low I struggle to heat my house in winter'

Rebecca Ring is urging colleagues around Wales to back a strike vote for better pay

Wales Online

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Evening Standard

National Care Service could be launched to mark 80 years of NHS

A new National Care Service could aim at reducing pressures on adult social care services

The Independent UK

National Care Service could be launched on NHS 80th anniversary in 2028, report says

‘Things will get worse for all of us’ unless significant and sustained action is taken over many years, says report

The Independent UK

National Care Service could be launched on NHS 80th anniversary, report says

The Fabian Society report states that unless significant and sustained action is taken over many years, ‘things will get worse for all of us’.

Wales Online

Boulders dumped at entrance to hotel planned to house asylum seekers in Llanelli

There is opposition to plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers at the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli

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The National (Scotland)

Strike ballot launched over Better Together council's 'fire and rehire' scheme

Council plans to fire hundreds of nursery workers and rehire them on cheaper wages are an “outright scandal”, a union representing staff in…

Daily Record

Early years workers in North Lanarkshire being voting today on whether to strike over council's 'fire and rehire' plans

Local authority proposing to make early years practitioners (grade 9) redundant, then re-employ them on a lower wage (grade 7).

Bristol Post

Strikes at Bristol University could clash with open days

They are set to walk out again on a five-day strike

Daily Record

"Shameful" new figures show one member of staff assaulted a week at Vale of Leven Hospital

Campaigners from Hospitalwatch have said they will raise the worrying figures with NHSGGC chiefs and push for more to be done to protect staff from violence and threats.

Daily Record

Union warns Falkirk will be 'dumping ground of Scotland' as fly tipping team get redundancy notices

UNISON also has concerns that the jobs will be done by other council staff after redundancy

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak slammed for failing to end strikes after one year of walkouts - latest dates

As this week marks one year since railway workers in the RMT voted to begin their biggest walkouts in almost 30 years, trade union leaders demanded the PM to stop 'messing around' and end the disruption

Daily Record

Students forced to find somewhere else to live as college announces closure of halls of residence in Lanarkshire

The facility at the Motherwell campus is to close as part of a number of cost cutting measures

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