World news | The Guardian12h ago
Resident doctors’ strike has torpedoed pay rises and training posts, says Wes Streeting https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/07/resident-doctors-strike-has-torpedoed-pay-rises-and-training-posts-says-wes-streeting #Doctors #HealthPolicy #WesStreeting #PublicSectorPay #IndustrialAction #TradeUnions #Nhs #Health #Society #Politics #UkNews
Resident doctors’ strike has torpedoed pay rises and training posts, says Wes Streeting

Exclusive: Health secretary says industrial action in England also threatens to derail NHS progress on waiting times

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian13h ago
‘It’s heartbreaking’: resident doctors in England face halt on new training posts https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/07/resident-doctors-england-speciality-training-posts-strike-bma #Doctors #Nhs #Health #TradeUnions #Society #Politics #England #UkNews
‘It’s heartbreaking’: resident doctors in England face halt on new training posts

Withdrawal of additional speciality training roles amid strike deadlock has left some doctors with uncertain future

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian1d ago
Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/06/sick-pay-rule-changes-benefit-uk-workers-tuc #EmploymentLaw #Tuc #Business #UkNews #TradeUnions #EmployeeBenefits #WorkCareers #Money #Law #Politics
Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says

Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income households

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian2d ago
Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/05/fair-work-agency-criticised-launch-dead-duck-employment-rights #Regulators #WorkersRights #EmploymentLaw #Labour #Politics #TradeUnions #Business #UkNews #WorkCareers
Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch

Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite boss

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian3d ago
Unions privately voice misgivings over BMA pay demands and doctors’ strikes https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/04/trade-unions-bma-pay-talks-demands-doctors-strikes #TradeUnions #Doctors #IndustrialAction #PublicSectorPay #PublicServicesPolicy #Health #Nhs #Politics #Society #UkNews
Unions privately voice misgivings over BMA pay demands and doctors’ strikes

Senior figures express concerns over medical union’s refusal of pay rise that is higher than offer to other NHS staff

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian4d ago
Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/03/young-people-more-likely-to-leave-for-health-reasons-when-in-low-paid-insecure-jobs #Unemployment #Tuc #YoungPeople #Business #PatMcfadden #UkUnemploymentAndEmploymentStatistics #Labour #UkNews #Politics #ZerohoursContracts #Society #Health #TradeUnions
Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’

Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian4d ago
Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/birmingham-city-council-doubles-agency-spending-during-bin-strikes #Birmingham #IndustrialAction #Unite #TradeUnions #LocalGovernment #UkNews #Society
Birmingham city council doubles agency spending during bin strikes

Unite accuses authority of trying to ‘break’ industrial action as waste dispute enters second year

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian5d ago
Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/02/wes-streeting-bma-delusion-resident-doctors-strike-nhs #Doctors #Nhs #PublicSectorPay #HealthPolicy #WesStreeting #TradeUnions #IndustrialAction #Health #Society #Politics #UkNews
Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail

Six-day stoppage in England next week to go ahead and minister confirms offer of extra training places withdrawn

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian5d ago
NEU leader says schools ‘running on empty’ as he challenges Labour on education record https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/02/neu-leader-schools-running-on-empty-challenges-labour-education-record #Education #TradeUnions #Labour #GreenParty #Politics #UkNews #ZackPolanski #BridgetPhillipson #Ofsted
NEU leader says schools ‘running on empty’ as he challenges Labour on education record

Daniel Kebede tells delegates, government’s education policies fall short as he signals growing support for Greens’ among teachers

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General Strike Now5d ago
... General Strike That Shook Britain David Torrance. Bloomsbury, pp.288, 20. Nine Days in May: The General Strike of 1926 Jonathan Schneer. OUP, pp.432, ...#ajcook #british20th-centuryhistory #economics #ernestbevin #georgev #miners #politics #ramsaymacdonald #stanleybaldwin #tradeunions #waltercitrine
Why the General Strike of 1926 could never succeed | The Spectator Australia
Why the General Strike of 1926 could never succeed

Although it may be in bad taste to have a favourite story about the General Strike of May 1926, one…

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