Wrack denounces Tory anti-strike bill after FBU postpones calling of strikes
Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack has denounced the government’s anti-strike bill as an “absolutely disgraceful attack”…
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Lords defeats on public order bill show fight against anti-strike plans not over
MPs had a late one in the Commons last night debating the government’s minimum service levels bill. Despite…
Minimum service levels bill passes third reading unamended by 315 votes to 246
The government’s minimum service levels bill has passed its third reading unamended, with MPs voting in favour of…
The minimum service levels bill returns to parliament amid a torrent of criticism
The government’s minimum service levels bill is due to go through its remaining stages in the House of…
The Tory anti-strike bill drives a coach and horses through fundamental rights
It is clear that, after a decade of public sector pay falling behind the cost of living and…
Exclusive: International unions send TUC solidarity letters over Tory anti-strike bill
The TUC has received a series of letters of solidarity from unions around the world criticising the UK…
Minimum service levels bill passes second reading by 309 votes to 249
MPs have voted in favour of the government’s minimum service levels bill by 309 votes to 249, after…
MPs to debate anti-union legislation as teachers prepare for strike ballot results
The government’s minimum service levels bill will receive its second reading in parliament today. The legislation proposes to give the…
The minimum service levels bill is a shameful attack on the right to strike
When Grant Shapps presented the Tories’ new legislation to parliament restricting the right to strike, I told him…
PMQs: Starmer attacks Sunak over “13 years” of Tory “failure” on the NHS
The first Prime Minister’s Questions of the year covered similar ground to the last session of 2022, as…
