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LEGAL action brought by three Civil Service unions against the government’s alleged failure to consult over a new pay cap will be heard in October.
The FDA, Prospect and PCS – representing 200,000 civil servants – announced earlier this month that they were seeking a judicial review of the government’s new 1.5 per cent pay cap.
By contrast, other public-sector workers, including teachers, doctors and police officers, were awarded pay increases of up to 3.5 per cent in July.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare