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Fact Service September 2019
Issue 39 (26/09/2019) - Governments to blame for Grenfell fire ; One in five bisexuals assaulted at work ; Rich men bankrolling Brexit Party ; We are still worse off than in 2008 ; Regional threat to jobs from Brexit ; Get registered to vote in general election
Issue 38 (19/09/2019) - RPI inflation rate down but beware of Brexit ; Usdaw says sign up to 'Save our shops'; Poorest councils hit most by funding cut ; Who is missing out on employment rights?; Manufacturing falls in flat economy; Get registered to vote in general election
Issue 37 (12/09/2019) - Unemployment dips below 1.3m mark ; Big Brother is coming ; Earnings up, but down in real terms on 2007 ; Unions hit back at 'shadowy cabal'
Issue 36 (05/09/2019) - Election bribes in Tory Spending Round ; TUC call for a stronger voice for workers ; Huge rise in violent crimes on railways ; Big ticket mergers boost M&A activity ; Rolls-Royce recognition
Issue 39
Governments to blame for Grenfell fire (340 words)
Central government bears ultimate responsibility for the Grenfell Tower fire, the FBU firefighters’ union says in a new pamphlet which details how ...
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One in five bisexuals assaulted at work (579 words)
To mark Bisexual Visibility Day, the TUC has highlighted bi people’s experiences of sexual harassment at work, drawing on the findings of its ... Subscribers only
Rich men bankrolling Brexit Party (520 words)
The Brexit Party received about £1 million after its launch, according to the latest figures from the Electoral Commission. Most of the money came ... Subscribers only
We are still worse off than in 2008 (331 words)
Britons are £128 a year worse off on average than they were in 2008, according to a report that reveals household incomes were hit harder in the ... Subscribers only
Regional threat to jobs from Brexit (306 words)
Regions with a high dependence on exports to the EU have been highlighted as being likely to be hit by job losses if there is a no-deal Brexit.
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Get registered to vote in general election (189 words)
Fact Service may be repeating itself, but it’s important. The next general election is looming, so it’s vital to be registered to vote.
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Issue 38
RPI inflation rate down but beware of Brexit (522 words)
The end of summer sales kept clothing prices down, according to the Office for National Statistics, and so contributing to a fall in the annual rate ... Subscribers only
Usdaw says sign up to ‘Save our shops’ (277 words)
Retail union Usdaw is campaigning for the government to take urgent action to "Save Our Shops".
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Poorest councils hit most by funding cut (535 words)
Local government will face a £25 billion funding gap by 2025, according to a joint report from the TUC and New Economics Foundation (NEF).
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Who is missing out on employment rights? (441 words)
The youngest and oldest staff working in atypical ways, such as temporary work, are the most at risk of missing out on key workplace rights such as ... Subscribers only
Manufacturing falls in flat economy (172 words)
The economy was flat, latest official figures show.
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Get registered to vote in general election (188 words)
The next general election is coming as soon as the disaster of a no-deal Brexit has been avoided, so it’s vital to be registered to vote.
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Issue 37
Unemployment dips below 1.3m mark (552 words)
Unemployed edged below the 1.3 million mark again, latest official figures show.
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Big Brother is coming (495 words)
Boris Johnson has secretly ordered the Cabinet Office to turn the government’s public internet service into a platform for “targeted and ... Subscribers only
Earnings up, but down in real terms on 2007 (687 words)
The latest official figures on average weekly earnings in the UK economy show a recent welcome rise in real terms, but that in real terms they are ... Subscribers only
Unions hit back at 'shadowy cabal' (545 words)
Trade unionists have hit out at the “shadowy” Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA) after the campaign group launched an attack on general secretaries’ ... Subscribers only
Issue 36
Election bribes in Tory Spending Round (942 words)
Chancellor Sajid Javid presented his Spending Round — what other people would call his election bribes — to parliament.
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TUC call for a stronger voice for workers (406 words)
The UK risks slipping back to 19th century working conditions, the TUC warns in a new report, as it calls for the balance of power to be reset in the ... Subscribers only
Huge rise in violent crimes on railways (337 words)
Transport union RMT has called for safe staffing on trains and stations as annual figures from the British Transport Police (BTP) show another surge ... Subscribers only
Big ticket mergers boost M&A activity (310 words)
The values of both inward and domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving UK companies saw notable increases, while outward M&A saw a ... Subscribers only
Rolls-Royce recognition (147 words)
A landmark agreement has been signed by aerospace group Rolls-Royce and the Unite general union. The agreement covers 1,700 managers at ... Open access