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Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
The year began with the highest levels of industrial action in decades, with nurses, junior doctors, ambulance workers, rail operators, teachers, university staff, and civil servants shivering on the picket lines in their fight for improved pay and conditions – sometimes almost all at once.
Top Stories: Misogyny And Racism Identified In Met Police, RMT Members Accept Network Rail Pay Offer
Home affairs
Top Stories: Misogyny And Racism Identified In Met Police, RMT Members Accept Network Rail Pay Offer
Top Stories: Britain Will Pay France £480m To Stop Small Boats, HS2 Project Delayed Again
Transport
Top Stories: Britain Will Pay France £480m To Stop Small Boats, HS2 Project Delayed Again
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Jeremy Hunt Calls On Early Retirees To Work Again, Questions Over HS2 Future
Economy
Jeremy Hunt Calls On Early Retirees To Work Again, Questions Over HS2 Future
Treasury Is Unlikely To Come Up With More Money To Break Strike Deadlock
Health
Treasury Is Unlikely To Come Up With More Money To Break Strike Deadlock
Government In Talks With Unions, NHS Crisis Plans, Teachers Are Leaving Jobs
Health
Government In Talks With Unions, NHS Crisis Plans, Teachers Are Leaving Jobs
The House Live
Too often transport accessibility is an afterthought – we must listen to disabled voices
Transport
By Paul Maynard MP
Too often transport accessibility is an afterthought – we must listen to disabled voices
With passenger numbers hitting 100% of pre Covid levels we need to invest in UK rail, powering a clean economic recovery Partner content
Economy
By Railway Industry Association
With passenger numbers hitting 100% of pre Covid levels we need to invest in UK rail, powering a clean economic recovery
Britain's ‘green ports’: why decarbonising the maritime sector starts on dry land Partner content
Environment
By Port of Dover
SSE
Britain's ‘green ports’: why decarbonising the maritime sector starts on dry land
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Ousted Labour MPs With “Unfinished Business” Are Set On A Return To Parliament
Ousted Labour MPs With “Unfinished Business” Are Set On A Return To Parliament
Political parties
Partner content
Railway Industry publishes new paper outlining many benefits of rail electrification
By Railway Industry Association
Transport
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Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Mass walkouts are set to take place across multiple sectors in February affecting the NHS, schools, rail services and more.
All The Strikes Happening Before Christmas
Health
All The Strikes Happening Before Christmas
Staff across multiple sectors are due to strike throughout December, as unions continue to make demands for reform of pay and conditions by employers and the government.
Drivers Are 'Fed Up' The Government Can't Make Up Its Mind On Fuel Duty
Economy
Drivers Are "Fed Up" The Government Can't Make Up Its Mind On Fuel Duty
Jeremy Hunt has insisted that no decision has been made about whether the government will raise fuel duty after a hike was teased in official treasury documents, but drivers are keen for certainty following more than a decade of frozen prices.
Transport news
Full Steam Ahead? - But for the long haul
Transport
By Gordon Marsden
Full Steam Ahead? - But for the long haul
The Shadow Shipping Minister marks London International Shipping Week, especially the 145,000 people employed in the sector and the £5.6 billion it contributes to UK GDP.  
Partner content
Environment
By Energy Technologies Institute
ETI appoints TRL to lead integrated energy and transport project to encourage wider adoption of plug-in vehicles
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed TRL, the UKs Transport Research Laboratory, to lead its Consumers, Vehicles and Energy Integration (CVEI) project
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin hails shipping industry as driver of UK growth Partner content
Economy
By ABP
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin hails shipping industry as driver of UK growth
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Shipping Minister Robert Goodwill celebrated the start of the 2015 London International Shipping Week, at a major reception hosted by Associated British Ports earlier this week.
KPMG calls for investment in the north after new report finds £34bn ‘economic potential gap’ Partner content
Transport
By KPMG LLP
KPMG calls for investment in the north after new report finds £34bn ‘economic potential gap’
KPMG is calling for £50 billion of government capital to be spent on northern transport infrastructure, after new research identified a significant ‘economic potential gap’.
Partner content
Transport
By Heathrow
Budding local engineers take on the 9th annual Heathrow Primary School Challenge
This year, thanks to the support of Heathrows employee volunteers, fifty schools in the five surrounding boroughs to Heathrow Ealing, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Slough and Spelthorne - and more than 3,100 students will participate in the challenge, which will run until the 21st of October.
Petition urges UN to protect public from dangers of silent vehicles Partner content
Transport
By Guide Dogs
Petition urges UN to protect public from dangers of silent vehicles
A petition, launched by leading charity Guide Dogs, calls on the UN to make electric and hybrid vehicles audible to road users ahead of its meeting in Geneva next week
Partner content
Economy
By Road Haulage Association
RHA says apprenticeship levy looks like a tax on payroll
The Road Haulage Association considers that Governments planned changes to boost apprenticeship numbers and drive up the quality of courses risks being little more than a new tax on payroll in the road haulage sector and that the Association was already seeking an urgent meeting with skills minister Nick Boles after the levy was announced by Chancellor George Osborne.
Partner content
Foreign affairs
By Mott MacDonald
Port of Calais PPP achieves financial close, France
The 863 million Port of Calais extension public-private partnership (PPP) project has successfully reached financial close.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
RHA gets assurance for further government co-operation on Calais
During todays visit by Theresa May to Calais to sign a joint agreement with the French Interior Minister, aimed at tackling the migrant crisis, Road Haulage Association Chief Executive Richard Burnett asked for assurance that government will work closely with the RHA to continue to reduce the problem.
Partner content
Transport
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald to supervise construction of A1 motorway, Poland
Mott MacDonald has been appointed to supervise construction of two sections of the A1 motorway in Poland. The scheme is being co-financed by the countrys General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways and the European Union (EU).
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
A new website for the ‘new’ RHA
The Road Haulage Association has launched a new website. www.rha.uk.net now sits on an all-new responsive platform optimising it for use on smart phones, tablets and desktops. Try it out on your mobile device today.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Calais needs an effective, long term, security solution says RHA
The Road Haulage Association agrees with the view of the French police that the installation of extra fencing at Calais to stop migrants, intent on crossing the Channel to reach the UK, will simply push the problem elsewhere.
Partner content
Transport
By Network Rail
Keep your dog on a lead or you’re on dangerous ground, urges new level crossing campaign
A new campaign urging people to keep their dogs on a lead near level crossings has been launched today by Network Rail in partnership with Dogs Trust, as it revealed there have been more than 180 incidents of near misses* between dog walkers and trains and five fatalities in the past five years.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
If you’re non-compliant, your business is at risk!
RHA Simply Compliance Conference, 9 September 2015, Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
Partner content
Transport
By Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead launches new website
The Go-Ahead Group has today launched a new corporate website. The new site is aimed at supporting investors and other stakeholders to make finding information about the Group as easy as possible.
Partner content
Transport
By Network Rail
Farmers to reap the benefit of new Network Rail level crossing safety campaign
Network Rail has teamed up with the National Farmers Union (NFU) to help keep farmers and their workers safe at level crossings at harvest time.
It’s time for Parliament to give Heathrow the green light Partner content
Transport
By London First
It’s time for Parliament to give Heathrow the green light
Responding to new polling data showing MPs’ opinions on airport expansion, London First calls for political dithering on the issue to stop.
New MP poll on airport expansion reveals ‘clear winner’ Partner content
Transport
By Dods Monitoring
New MP poll on airport expansion reveals ‘clear winner’
Sir Howard Davies’ decision to support Heathrow expansion has been backed by a majority of MPs.
Partner content
Transport
By Heathrow
Leeds City Region shines at Heathrow as UK investment destination
In Heathrows latest bid to drive growth in the UKs great cities and regions, new advertisements featuring Leeds go live today across all the terminals at the UKs only hub.
Partner content
Transport
By Heathrow
Heathrow launches steeper approach trial to reduce noise
Heathrow today announced plans to trial a steeper approach for aircraft landing at Heathrow.
Partner content
Transport
By Network Rail
Residents invited to celebrate the completion of Network Rail’s work in Dawlish
Residents are invited to an event to celebrate the completion of Network Rails work in Dawlish to repair the damage caused by last years storms and make the area more resilient for the future.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
Eurotunnel night closure – ‘an incredulous suggestion’ says RHA
Suggestions to instigate night-time closures at Eurotunnel have been met with incredulity by the Road Haulage Association.
Partner content
Transport
By Road Haulage Association
UK Border Force code is part of the job, says the RHA
Hauliers and drivers have to do the best they can in the face of an escalating crisis with migrants. And if they do that, they are unlikely to be fined if migrants are found on board, says the Road Haulage Association.
Partner content
Economy
By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald appointed on Technology Software Systems contract
Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Highways England on the 2.5 million Technology Software Systems (TSS) contract TMT054.
EventsAll
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
2023
Edinburgh
Women into Leadership Edinburgh
Making an experimental approach to digital change work in government
2023
Online
Making an experimental approach to digital change work in government
Net Zero Week 2023
2023
Online
Net Zero Week 2023
Women into Leadership Online
2023
Online
Women into Leadership Online