'People want to see a decent pay rise for the pandemic heroes who got us through that terrible time.' Andy Prendergast of GMB_union says public support for striking ambulance workers 'remains strong'. KayBurley: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube
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Funded by additional business rates income, it is estimated the move will help around 270,000 primary school pupils and save families in London around £440 a child across the year.At present households in England receiving universal credit must earn below £7,400 a year before benefits and after tax to qualify for free school meals.
"It will also guarantee every primary school student a healthy, nutritious meal - meaning they don't go hungry in the classroom and can better concentrate on their studies." Rachel Harrison, GMB national secretary, said:"It's been over a month since the government engaged in any meaningful dialogue.Junior doctors in the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association have said they will strike in England on 15 March.Around 45,000 junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association have also been balloted on strike action - with the result due at the end of February.
The average tracker mortgage is currently 4.84% - which takes in the base rate of 4% plus a charge from the lender. For obvious reasons, governments want to keep inflation low - the target is 2%, and Rishi Sunak has pledged to get closer to that, 5%, this year. And prices of used cars are now at record levels after supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic cut the number of new cars produced in the UK last year to the lowest since 1956.
We've also covered Asda workers receiving a 10% pay rise and ambulance workers in Wales announcing they'll join thousands of others across the country on strike.Nearly a quarter of a million children are missing out on free school meals, according to the Local Government Association . The group says that along with tackling hunger, free school meals have been linked to better results in class and improved overall health for schoolchildren.
But they had to stop their new venture, saying they needed “to balance the outgoings for people who need our plumbing, heating boilers, and funeral support."However, after setting up a14:48:22Hundreds of thousands of nurses, midwives and other NHS staff have lost more than an entire year's salary in real-terms pay cuts and freezes since 2010, analysis shows.
They said:"The Health and Social Care Secretary has met with unions to discuss pay, conditions and workload. He wants to continue discussing how we can make the NHS a better place to work for all." EDF recorded a profit of £1.1bn in the UK for 2022, as the cost of energy rocketed for customers.
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