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The Unite union is demanding a bonus for each of its 21,000 members who are working during this month’s Olympic Games.
The Unite union is demanding a bonus for each of its 21,000 members who are working during this month’s Olympic Games.
Campaigners held a rally outside a hospital to demonstrate against plans to close wards, which they said could mean a journey of up to 25 miles for emergency treatment.
The Government plans to cut consultation periods by at least half in a new shake-up of working conditions.
More than 50,000 Revenue and Customs workers are going on strike in protest at “massive cuts”.
Business Minister Edwina Hart said the announcement by a UK consumer goods giant of widespread job losses would be a “devastating blow for Unilever’s workforce and their families”.
One wooden hut and a brick chalet were completely destroyed by a fire which started late on Monday (June 18, 2012) evening. The authorities are blaming vandals for the damage to the buildings on the Lincolnshire coast.
A campaigner reported that on one visit to a public convenience there were four sheets of toilet roll in one cubicle and none at all in the other.
A union boss commented on imminent closures to UK coastguard stations.
The chief operating officer of the UK’s largest water and wastewater services supplier, Stephen Shine, was awarded a bonus of £305,156, on top of his £310,000 salary.
Suggestions for saving money include cuts in allowances and reductions in leave entitlement in a secret health service document.