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BREAKING 🚨 | The High Court has granted PCS Union permission to pursue a judicial review of the government’s decision to impose minimum service levels during border security strikes.

There’ll now be a substantive hearing later this year.

Yet another setback for the…

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New: It’s all happening in Dover.

The boss of P&O Ferries has written to MPs on Business and Trade Committee to correct the evidence he gave yesterday.

Peter Hebblethwaite’s letter suggests he is concerned he may have mislead parliament.

New: It’s all happening in Dover. The boss of P&O Ferries has written to MPs on @CommonsBTC to correct the evidence he gave yesterday. Peter Hebblethwaite’s letter suggests he is concerned he may have mislead parliament.
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P&O Ferries CEO is asked why crew are only being paid £4.87 an hour while he is paid over half a million a year.

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School buildings are falling apart, headteacher pay has been driven down by 20% since 2010, and staff are being driven out the profession.

We can’t go on like this - we need a general election.

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The UK will fall to the bottom of the G7 growth league in 2025, according to OECD figures.

🇨🇦 1.8%
🇺🇸 1.8%
🇫🇷 1.3%
🇮🇹 1.2%
🇯🇵 1.1%
🇩🇪 1.1%

🇬🇧 1.0%

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People from poorer areas in England are dying increasingly younger than those in wealthier areas.

A woman from a wealthy area in Kensington and Chelsea will live 11 YEARS longer than a woman from a poorer area in that borough.

And these gaps are growing.

People from poorer areas in England are dying increasingly younger than those in wealthier areas. A woman from a wealthy area in Kensington and Chelsea will live 11 YEARS longer than a woman from a poorer area in that borough. And these gaps are growing.
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May Day greetings from Trades Union Congress to workers here in the UK and around the globe.

Together we fight - and we win - for hundreds of millions of people.

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This May Day, we honour the resilience, dedication, and solidarity of workers everywhere.

Fighting for fair wages and safe working conditions in the workplace.

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This…

The idea that our PM has any idea about ‘the ordinary difficulties of life’ faced by millions is utterly laughable.

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83% of schools don't have enough money to maintain their buildings.

Meanwhile, this is the £42 million, luxury plane David Cameron chose to hire with taxpayers' money.

83% of schools don't have enough money to maintain their buildings. Meanwhile, this is the £42 million, luxury plane David Cameron chose to hire with taxpayers' money.
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NEW 🚨 | Pay packets are worth less than 2008 in most UK local authorities.

We estimate that workers would be £10,400 a year better off if real wages had grown at their pre-crisis trend.

We need to invest in UK industry and a new deal for workers.

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On International Workers' Memorial Day, we remember every life lost to unsafe work and commit to fighting for the health and safety of every worker.

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NEW 🚨 | BME women are twice as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men.

This is a prime example structural racism in action.

It’s time to ban zero-hours contracts, like in Labour’s New Deal for Working People.

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Thursday 2 May at 17:30, a History & Policy Trade Union Forum seminar looks at the efforts made by trade unions in the Twentieth Century to unite globally.

Featuring the TUC's Paul Nowak

Details/Registration: sas.ac.uk/events/trade-u…

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BREAKING 🚨: Tata Steel are pressing ahead with mass redundancies.

This is a hammer blow to manufacturing and the UK economy.

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