Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Anger builds over NHS ‘pay insult’
The struggle for #nhspay15 is as important to health staff as it is to the country – we will all need free, accessible care at some point in our lives, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
IT’S estimated that nurses have lost up to 20 per cent of their wages over the last decade following years of pay freezes and derisory pay “uplifts” after enhancements and benefits were removed.
The 1 per cent pay insult follows NHS staff suffering a full year of the most gruelling workplace conditions ever as they struggled to save lives during the pandemic.
Over many years, skilled and experienced nurses have had their pay held down to justify pay awards being loaded towards the lower-banded NHS staff.
What has resulted is the most dreadful pay injustice where a mostly female workforce, many educated to degree level, are slipping downwards into poverty.
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