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Priti Patel launches bid to block migrants and fill their jobs with ‘inactive’ Brits
Home Secretary, Priti Patel, this week confirmed the government’s intention to implement a points-based immigration system in post-Brexit UK, telling critics that jobs left vacant from reduced migration will be filled with those who are currently “economically inactive” – largely due to sickness and disability.
Plan to retain 18,500 nurses ‘unclear’ – and possibly watered down – govt emails reveal
Leaked emails have revealed the government’s much-touted plans to retain 18,500 nurses are ‘unclear’.
Downing St faces unfair dismissal claim after aide frogmarched out of her job by armed police
An aide sacked by Dominic Cummings then bundled out of Downing Street by armed police has launched an unfair dismissal claim against the government.
UK Brexit lead confirms no level playing field, and no jurisdiction for the ECJ
Boris Johnson’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, has confirmed that the UK will reject any level playing field provisions on regulations such as workers’ rights and environmental protections, and that it will not accept any oversight from the European Court of Justice.
Economic inequality driving “populist” politics, UN says
The United Nations (UN) has blamed decades of economic inequality for a rise in so-called “populist” politics, the title often given to the strategies employed by Donald Trump and Boris Johnson.
Govt to reduce migrant salary threshold to £25,600
The government plans to reduce the salary threshold for migrants taking up jobs in the UK to £25,600 from £30,000, the BBC has reported.
Over 2,000 lollipop men and women cut since 2010
More than 2,000 lollipop men and women have lost their jobs since 2010, when a Conservative-led government first came into power.
Outsourced workers win fight to rejoin NHS
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has agreed to bring 1,000 outsourced workers back into State employment after three decades of employment by private contractors.
Millions of working people trapped in poverty, new report reveals
Millions of working people are trapped in poverty despite record-high levels of employment because employers are not offering the wage levels and hours required to cover the cost of living.
Majority of senior nursing positions held by tiny minority of male nurses, study shows
Striking new evidence of the gender pay gap at work has been revealed by a new study into the pay of nurses in the UK.
Unison warns of social care crisis if migration rules stem overseas recruitment
Last week, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) criticised as unworkable Boris Johnson’s plans for an Australian-style points system and put forward policies of its own, but public service union Unison has warned that both proposals risk a social care crisis.
Johnson hints that UK will drop EU social and environmental protections
After the UK left the EU on Friday (31 January 2020), the government is setting out its aims for trade talks, with Boris Johnson hinting that it may drop social protections like workers’ rights as well as environmental regulations.
