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23/02/2012
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Pay Freeze For Council Workers
Over one million council workers will have their pay frozen for the third consecutive year.
The Local Government Association confirmed a pay freeze for 1.6 million local government workers.
Sarah Messenger, LGA Head of Workforce, said: "This has been a very difficult decision to make but it is the right one for council tax payers and the workforce as a whole. A combination of rising costs and shrinking local government funding means councils were left with little choice. Increasing pay would mean more job losses and cuts to the services people need.
"Today's announcement represents an unprecedented third consecutive year of pay freeze and we recognise the frustration which will be felt by the workforce. While the financial outlook for councils is bleak, we are keen to begin discussions with the unions on a package of reform of pay and conditions that may enable us to avoid a fourth year of pay freeze in 2013."
Sex Selective Abortion Inevitable
Sex-selective abortion is an inevitable consequence of easy access to abortion, says leading pro-life group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). SPUC was responding to The Telegraph's report which suggests that some British doctors are complicit in sex-selective abortions.
Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, commented: "This investigation confirms the reality of eugenics in modern British medicine, in which some innocent human beings are deemed too inconvenient to be allowed to live. Sex-selective abortion is an inevitable consequence of easy access to abortion, a situation to which the pro-abortion lobby has no convincing answer. The government needs to cut its ties to private abortion providers and to abortion rights organisations. They are complicit in sex-selective abortion domestically through their support for abortion on demand, and internationally through their complicity in China's population control programme."
Over Half Of London's Rough Sleepers Now Non-UK Nationals
Housing Minister Grant Shapps today warned aspiring Dick Whittingtons from across the continent not to come to London before making firm plans, with figures showing that more than half the capital's rough sleepers come from overseas.
Grant Shapps issued his warning alongside a pledge of £18.5 million to provide advice and information for those at risk of homelessness.
It comes as the latest statistics for England published today show the number of people sleeping rough increased by 23 per cent since last year.
Separate data from across the capital shows that of all the rough sleepers in London, more than half now come from overseas. Mr Shapps said that the rising number of rough sleepers from Central and Eastern Europe in particular are putting extra pressure on homelessness services and acknowledged the excellent work being led by the Mayor's London Delivery Board on rough sleeping to tackle the problem through the No Second Night Out initiative.
To address this growing problem, Mr Shapps is backing a new campaign by London's Passage Day Centre to help make Eastern European citizens aware of the realities of moving to England to look for work before they pack their bags.
Over one million council workers will have their pay frozen for the third consecutive year.
The Local Government Association confirmed a pay freeze for 1.6 million local government workers.
Sarah Messenger, LGA Head of Workforce, said: "This has been a very difficult decision to make but it is the right one for council tax payers and the workforce as a whole. A combination of rising costs and shrinking local government funding means councils were left with little choice. Increasing pay would mean more job losses and cuts to the services people need.
"Today's announcement represents an unprecedented third consecutive year of pay freeze and we recognise the frustration which will be felt by the workforce. While the financial outlook for councils is bleak, we are keen to begin discussions with the unions on a package of reform of pay and conditions that may enable us to avoid a fourth year of pay freeze in 2013."
Sex Selective Abortion Inevitable
Sex-selective abortion is an inevitable consequence of easy access to abortion, says leading pro-life group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). SPUC was responding to The Telegraph's report which suggests that some British doctors are complicit in sex-selective abortions.
Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, commented: "This investigation confirms the reality of eugenics in modern British medicine, in which some innocent human beings are deemed too inconvenient to be allowed to live. Sex-selective abortion is an inevitable consequence of easy access to abortion, a situation to which the pro-abortion lobby has no convincing answer. The government needs to cut its ties to private abortion providers and to abortion rights organisations. They are complicit in sex-selective abortion domestically through their support for abortion on demand, and internationally through their complicity in China's population control programme."
Over Half Of London's Rough Sleepers Now Non-UK Nationals
Housing Minister Grant Shapps today warned aspiring Dick Whittingtons from across the continent not to come to London before making firm plans, with figures showing that more than half the capital's rough sleepers come from overseas.
Grant Shapps issued his warning alongside a pledge of £18.5 million to provide advice and information for those at risk of homelessness.
It comes as the latest statistics for England published today show the number of people sleeping rough increased by 23 per cent since last year.
Separate data from across the capital shows that of all the rough sleepers in London, more than half now come from overseas. Mr Shapps said that the rising number of rough sleepers from Central and Eastern Europe in particular are putting extra pressure on homelessness services and acknowledged the excellent work being led by the Mayor's London Delivery Board on rough sleeping to tackle the problem through the No Second Night Out initiative.
To address this growing problem, Mr Shapps is backing a new campaign by London's Passage Day Centre to help make Eastern European citizens aware of the realities of moving to England to look for work before they pack their bags.
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Funding Boost Of £455m For Equal Pay Claims
Funding of £455m will be awarded to councils in England to allow back payments relating to thousands of equal pay claims from women workers. In a move to speed up long-term commitments to achieving equal pay for all council workers, local government minister John Healey gave the go-ahead to 34 councils to raise the money through capitlisation.
19 August 2014
New Data Shows Women Hit By 'Mid-Life Pay Crisis'
Female managers over 40 years old are earning 35% less than men, according to new data by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR. To earn the same as a male manager over a career, a woman would have to work the equivalent of over 14 years more.
New Data Shows Women Hit By 'Mid-Life Pay Crisis'
Female managers over 40 years old are earning 35% less than men, according to new data by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR. To earn the same as a male manager over a career, a woman would have to work the equivalent of over 14 years more.
01 September 2011
Commission On Minimum Wage Visit
Two Low Pay Commissioners are to visit London next week on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage. The visit is one of a number of planned trips the Low Pay Commission is making around the UK during 2011 to "gather information on how the minimum wage is operating".
Commission On Minimum Wage Visit
Two Low Pay Commissioners are to visit London next week on a fact-finding visit about the National Minimum Wage. The visit is one of a number of planned trips the Low Pay Commission is making around the UK during 2011 to "gather information on how the minimum wage is operating".
27 February 2006
Report highlights gender pay gap in the UK
Women are still being paid less than men, thirty years after the introduction of equal pay legislation, a new report has found. The government-commissioned "Shaping a Fairer Future" report from the Women and Work Commission found that women are earning 17% less than men. This was "bad for women and bad for Britain", the report said.
Report highlights gender pay gap in the UK
Women are still being paid less than men, thirty years after the introduction of equal pay legislation, a new report has found. The government-commissioned "Shaping a Fairer Future" report from the Women and Work Commission found that women are earning 17% less than men. This was "bad for women and bad for Britain", the report said.
09 February 2006
Parliament cleaners receive pay rise
Cleaners at the Houses of Parliament are to receive a pay rise, after settling their long-running pay dispute. The workers' rate of pay will increase in stages from £5.20 to £6.70 per hour by next January, under the terms of a deal agreed with the Transport and General Workers Union.
Parliament cleaners receive pay rise
Cleaners at the Houses of Parliament are to receive a pay rise, after settling their long-running pay dispute. The workers' rate of pay will increase in stages from £5.20 to £6.70 per hour by next January, under the terms of a deal agreed with the Transport and General Workers Union.
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