Unions

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash

King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

A French gendarme stands next to smoke during a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests, a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on March 23, 2023

French unions call for more strikes during King Charles III’s visit

Birmingham bus

National Express makes a new offer to bus strikers to end action

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Passport Office workers are set to strike over pay and working conditions which unions warn will have a “significant impact” ahead of summer holidays.

Summer holiday travel warning as Passport Office set to strike

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UK Border Force to strike at major ports during February half term

Homer Simpson after going on strike

The Simpsons' Homer goes on strike in Walk Out Wednesday 'coincidence'

National Express West Midlands

3,000 National Express West Midlands bus drivers to vote for strike

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

UK firefighters’ strike 2023: everything you need to know

New TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak at TUC Congress House in London. He officially takes up the post in January from Frances O'Grady. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY TUC. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Strikes will continue in 2023 unless government prepared for pay talk

A queue of ambulances are seen outside the Royal London Hospital emergency department on November 24, 2022. That week, nearly three in 10 ambulances were queuing outside hospitals in England.

‘Critical incidents’ declared at 8 hospital and ambulance trusts

Due to a boom in online shopping during lockdown, Amazon has created 15,000 new warehouse and delivery driver jobs across the UK. Meanwhile, Hermes has created 10,000 jobs.

New study shows link between gig economy and increased health issues

NHS rally in Birmingham

NHS workers rally in Birmingham as unions ballots for strike action

The new set of postal strikes will encompass December 23 and 24.

Royal Mail new strike days December 2022

Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport: Latest on delays, cancellations and queuing times

Jabs in England are currently being carried out in schools by nurses and immunisation teams (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid walk-in vaccine centres set to open to under 16s to boost uptake