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18 Apr 19
The government has “swindled” public sector workers out of £2.4bn in pension payments, a union has claimed.
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28 Feb 19
A warning has been sounded over Scotland’s public finances as new figures show tax revenues will be undermined by sluggish wage growth north of the border.
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22 Aug 18
Unions are to resume talks with the government after their members turned down a pay increase worth 11% for some Ministry of Justice staff.
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11 Apr 17
The number of council employees earning more than £100,000 has increased while local authorities budgets are squeezed, according to analysis from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
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13 Feb 17
Pensioners are £20 a week better off on average than people of working age, after a wave of affluent individuals reached retirement age, the Resolution Foundation has found.
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4 May 16
The government’s plan to pool pension funds, and push the pools to invest in infrastructure, seems like a shadowy undertaking
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16 Mar 16
The government will add £1 to every £4 saved using the new ‘Lifetime ISA’ announced by chancellor George Osborne in his Budget speech today.
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19 Feb 16
Local authority pension schemes will today submit plans to government to pool their assets into so-called British Wealth Funds, with seven proposals now set to be submitted for approval.
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28 Jan 15
Eight NHS unions have called off industrial action planned for tomorrow after a new pay offer was made by the Department of Health.
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22 Jan 15
Local government pension funds in Manchester and London have formed a new partnership that will allocate £500m to invest in infrastructure projects.
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21 Jan 15
It’s emerging as a key election issue, yet the proportion of Britons in low-paid work has changed little in 20 years. So what can be done to tackle the barriers to improving poor pay, in both the...
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21 Jan 15
Jeremy Hunt has warned that strike action planned by NHS trade unions next week could put lives at risk at a time of record demand across the health service.
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14 Jan 15
NHS Employers has published proposals to reform health service pay in a bid to tackle the higher costs of providing more services at evenings and weekends.
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19 Dec 14
NHS trade unions in England have announced two new days of strike action in January and February in an escalation of pay dispute with government.
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12 Dec 14
The government’s new pensioner bonds will pay interest at 2.8% for a one-year bond and 4% for a three-year bond, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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10 Dec 14
Public sector job prospects have improved in the last three months, with employers now forecasting no net losses of staff, according to the Manpower Group’s Employment Outlook Survey.
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1 Dec 14
Over half of all home care workers are on zero-hour contracts, and as many as 220,000 could be paid less than the National Minimum Wage, a study has found.
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24 Nov 14
Workers across the NHS have today taken strike action in protest at a government decision to not award a cost-of-living pay increase to all members of staff.
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20 Nov 14
The Welsh government has agreed a pay deal with trade unions for NHS staff in Wales.
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14 Nov 14
Members of all three local government unions have voted to accept a two-year pay deal from the Local Government Association, resolving a dispute that had seen workers take strike action.
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5 Nov 14
Welsh Assembly members have called for ‘greater consistency and clarity’ on pay for senior public sector managers.
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28 Oct 14
The government plans to claw back redundancy payments from NHS and council managers who return to work in the same sector within a year, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced.
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27 Oct 14
Lecturers at 69 UK universities will start an assessment boycott next week in a row over pension changes, the University and College Union announced today.
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22 Oct 14
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has today launched an initiative to cut the rising administrative workload faced by teachers, as part of measures to help public sector workers.
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20 Oct 14
Government efforts to curb tax avoidance will be undermined by low pay in civil service tax jobs, according to The Association of Revenue and Customs.
18 Apr 19The government has “swindled” public sector workers out of £2.4bn in pension payments, a union has claimed.
28 Feb 19A warning has been sounded over Scotland’s public finances as new figures show tax revenues will be undermined by sluggish wage growth north of the border.
22 Aug 18Unions are to resume talks with the government after their members turned down a pay increase worth 11% for some Ministry of Justice staff.
11 Apr 17The number of council employees earning more than £100,000 has increased while local authorities budgets are squeezed, according to analysis from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
13 Feb 17Pensioners are £20 a week better off on average than people of working age, after a wave of affluent individuals reached retirement age, the Resolution Foundation has found.
4 May 16The government’s plan to pool pension funds, and push the pools to invest in infrastructure, seems like a shadowy undertaking
16 Mar 16The government will add £1 to every £4 saved using the new ‘Lifetime ISA’ announced by chancellor George Osborne in his Budget speech today.
19 Feb 16Local authority pension schemes will today submit plans to government to pool their assets into so-called British Wealth Funds, with seven proposals now set to be submitted for approval.
28 Jan 15Eight NHS unions have called off industrial action planned for tomorrow after a new pay offer was made by the Department of Health.
21 Jan 15It’s emerging as a key election issue, yet the proportion of Britons in low-paid work has changed little in 20 years. So what can be done to tackle the barriers to improving poor pay, in both the...
21 Jan 15Jeremy Hunt has warned that strike action planned by NHS trade unions next week could put lives at risk at a time of record demand across the health service.
14 Nov 14Members of all three local government unions have voted to accept a two-year pay deal from the Local Government Association, resolving a dispute that had seen workers take strike action.
28 Oct 14The government plans to claw back redundancy payments from NHS and council managers who return to work in the same sector within a year, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced.
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