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Prisoners to be held in police cells as jails close to full, justice minister says – as it happened

Damian Hinds says acute increase in prison population means he has requested temporary use of up to 400 police cells

The Guardian - UK

Ambulance staff to strike before Christmas as Health Secretary rebuffs pay talks plea

Health Secretary Steve Barclay said pay demands were 'not affordable' and warned unions that strikes were in 'nobody's best interest' as thousands of ambulance workers back walkouts

Daily Mirror

Government condemned for ‘poor and misleading’ graph exaggerating nurses’ pay rises

Health department’s infographic ‘exaggerates’ salary increases, says statistics watchdog

The Independent UK

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Call in the army, says NHS boss as ambulance crews set to strike

Britain’s biggest union Unison said ambulance workers in England intend to strike before Christmas, with nurses also planning walk-outs

Evening Standard

Ambulance workers to strike before Christmas

More than 80,000 health workers across England have voted to go on strike

The Independent UK

Ambulance workers across England set to strike before Christmas

More than 80,000 health workers across England have voted to go on strike.

The Independent UK

‘This is as much about patient safety as pay’: NHS faces wave of strikes as more unions vote

Ballots for industrial action are under way or planned in sectors covering firefighters, teachers, civil servants and others

The Guardian - UK

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‘Generosity and dedication’: Low-earning school staff buying food for hungry pupils

Feed the Future: The Independent is calling for more children to be eligible for free school meals

The Independent UK

NHS workers lay crisis bare as strikes loom - debts, 12-hour days and eyeing up Tesco jobs

As nurse strikes loom next month and unions rally support for further NHS walkouts, the Mirror has spoken to four workers about their reasons for getting involved

Daily Mirror

School staff buying food and uniforms for pupils with own money

They say they are having to help as families struggle with cost of living crisis

Wales Online

More than a third of UK school support staff helping pupils pay for food – survey

Many have also used their own money to buy pupils stationery or uniforms while struggling with their own bills

The Guardian - UK

Low-paid school support staff buy food and uniforms for pupils from own pockets

Big-hearted school staff, who include teaching assistants and librarians, are using their own cash to help their pupils, with more than a third (35%) helping pupils get enough to eat

Daily Mirror

Union says pay conditions at the University of Leeds is the 'final straw'

For some UNISON members at the Universities, this is the fifth period of strike action in 2022

Leeds Live

All the big UK strike dates from trains to NHS as winter of discontent hits

Nurses, civil servants, postal workers and charity staff are among those downing tools in a bitter winter of discontent as Rishi Sunak warns of 'challenging' months ahead

Daily Mirror

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Bristol Post

Postal workers and university staff strike in Bristol this week

Postal workers could strike up until Christmas Eve if an agreement isn't reached

Belfast Live

NI Health workers vote to take strike action 'in early December' over pay

Unison and Nipsa health workers have voted to take strike action in early December

The National (Scotland)

President of UK's biggest union expelled from Labour Party

THE President the UK's biggest union, Unison, has been expelled from the Labour party.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway healthcare workers vote to reject pay offer

Members of Unison opted to knock-back a deal from the Scottish Government for an across the board pay rise of £2,205

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Daily Record

NHS Forth Valley defends response to union's violence survey

The survey canvassed each of the country's health boards to find out the number of staff assaulted over a 12-month period.

Chronicle Live

Union claims 'white elephant' Gateshead Stadium should be in closure mix with other leisure centres

The stadium has not been included in a Gateshead Council review of 'unaffordable' leisure centres that is expected to see at least two facilities closed down

Daily Record

Urgent deal must be struck with unions to save Scotland's NHS from winter chaos

A failure to improve the roundly rejected pay offer could bring the health service to its knees, writes Record View.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's largest health union rejects the Government's final pay offer

SCOTLAND'S largest health union announced on Tuesday that its NHS members have rejected the Scottish Government’s final offer on pay.

Daily Mirror

Minister in charge of hospitals said healthcare is 'natural place to start' with cuts

Steve Barclay said just two months ago that he had instructed department heads within the health service to release information on how much their teams cost, telling a right-wing thinktank that the health service is a "natural place to start" looking for savings

The Independent UK

NHS trusts forced to compromise on quality and waiting times amid financial squeeze, CEOs warn

Staff are putting their hands in their pockets to feed patients in face of cost of living crisis, NHS chief reports

Daily Mirror

Union boss accuses Tories of deliberately 'running down' NHS so someone can take it over

Christina McAnea, the leader of Britain's biggest trade union who is balloting NHS staff over strike action, made the suggestion saying 'excuse me for sounding like a conspiracy theorist, but I have heard so many people say it now'

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