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Fact Service January 2023
Issue 04: New fire and rehire code dismissed as empty gimmick; Patients ‘support NHS strikers’; Amazon workers hold first UK strike; Government borrowing hits 30 year high; Many hospitals remain riddled with asbestos; ONS: income inequality has increased; Government rejects menopause reform Issue 03: Pay rises at fastest rate for 20 years but still loses out to inflation; Inflation dips, but cost of food climbs; Criticism of anti-strikes bill goes worldwide First dates set as teachers join strike wave. Issue 02: Union movement vows to fight anti-strike bill; Unions determined to keep pressure on following talks with government; NHS unions spurn pay review body; Top bosses earned year’s median salary in first 30 hours; TSSA seeks partnership. Issue 01: Unions demand action to avert NHS collapse; Train strikes continue as unions accuse government of blocking resolution; One in three ‘£20 away from financial incapacity; Government ‘ignoring sick and injured’ in pension age rise plans; Billionaire wealth has exploded, report reveals.
Issue 4
New fire and rehire code dismissed as empty gimmick (294 words)
The government has finally published a draft of the statutory code on fire and rehire which it first promised in March last year, following the ...
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Patients ‘support NHS strikers’ (594 words)
A majority – three in five (61%) – of patients with health conditions support NHS staff striking for better pay and conditions, according to a ... Subscribers only
Amazon workers hold first UK strike (152 words)
Amazon workers held their first ever UK strike on Wednesday this week, when around 300 staff at the multinational giant’s Coventry fulfilment ...
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Government borrowing hits 30 year high (180 words)
Public sector borrowing reached £27.4 billion in December, the highest figure for that month since monthly records began in January 1993, the Office ... Open access
Many hospitals remain riddled with asbestos (303 words)
The TUC has joined with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health to warn that hospitals and other sites across London ... Subscribers only
ONS: income inequality has increased (240 words)
Household income inequality increased in the financial year ending (FYE) 2022, the ONS has found. ... Open access
Government rejects menopause reform (228 words)
The government has rejected a proposal from MPs in the Women and Equalities Committee to introduce menopause leave pilot projects, along with the ... Open access
Issue 3
Pay rises at fastest rate for 20 years but still loses out to inflation (787 words)
Wages have grown at their fastest rate since 2001, but continue to fall far behind inflation, according to the Office for National Statistics ... Subscribers only
Inflation dips, but cost of food climbs (181 words)
Inflation dropped slightly in the year to December for the second month running, but food prices kept it at a 40-year high, the ONS has found.
... Open access
Criticism of anti-strikes bill goes worldwide (681 words)
The growing dissent over the government’s proposed minimum services bill (see last issue) has now been echoed abroad.
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First dates set as teachers join strike wave (708 words)
The NEU teachers’ union has announced that its members will be striking in February and March, after 90.44% of those balloted on strike action in ... Subscribers only
Issue 2
Union movement vows to fight anti-strike bill (677 words)
Unions are pledging to resist the government’s planned minimum services levels bill, which was introduced to parliament on Tuesday, just one day ... Subscribers only
Unions determined to keep pressure on following talks with government (670 words)
Health, education and rail unions are preparing to continue with strike action following “disappointing” talks with government this week in which ... Subscribers only
NHS unions spurn pay review body (197 words)
The 14 unions that make up the NHS union group have announced that they will not submit joint evidence to the NHS pay review body for the next wage ... Open access
Top bosses earned year’s median salary in first 30 hours (248 words)
FTSE 100 CEOs’ earnings for 2023 surpassed the median UK worker’s full time annual salary at around 2 pm on 5 January, after around just 30 ... Open access
TSSA seeks partnership (285 words)
The TSSA has issued a statement jointly with GMB saying that: “In response to challenges to membership levels and financial shortfalls, TSSA has ... Subscribers only
Issue 1
Unions demand action to avert NHS collapse (830 words)
Unions are demanding immediate government action after official figures and the experiences of staff and patients showed the NHS is reeling from ... Subscribers only
Train strikes continue as unions accuse government of blocking resolution (400 words)
Rail strikes could continue for months, the RMT transport union has warned, accusing the government of blocking a resolution. ... Subscribers only
One in three ‘£20 away from financial incapacity’ (454 words)
More than one in three UK adults (37%) say they’d find it difficult or impossible to cover even a £20 increase to their monthly outgoings, ... Subscribers only
Government ‘ignoring sick and injured’ in pension age rise plans (312 words)
Unite has accused the government of preparing to increase the state pension age without first taking into account those workers who are forced out of ... Subscribers only
Billionaire wealth has exploded, report reveals (212 words)
A report from the The Equality Trust shows an explosion in riches among billionaires, whose wealth and numbers have “skyrocketed” in the last ... Open access