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Major provider bailed out
The future of large swathes of home care provision for elderly and disabled people hung in the balance in December as major provider fought to stay solvent.
Under the cosh
University researchers, no longer public servants but workers in a global business world, are everywhere under the triple cosh to get research grants, demonstrate “impact” and write papers for research journals.
Working and poor
Poverty used to be synonymous with unemployment. Of course, there have always been poverty wages.
May's defence surrender
Theresa May’s Withdrawal Treaty would require Britain to comply with EU defence directives and therefore with the European Court of Justice, which would supervise the treaty’s implementation.
Horticulture plans for future
The horticultural industry is becoming clear about what is needed to secure the sector’s future post-Brexit. Brexit is welcomed as a unique opportunity to increase British plant production.
Local Govt: London in need
The BBC reports that London’s councils have told the government they need an extra £526 million in funding to balance the books.
Guards' disputes continue
Members of rail union RMT in the north of England have now taken their 40th day of strike action.
Ambulance staff call for lower retirement age
10 December: London ambulance staff, members of Unison, present a petition to the Department of Health and Social Care calling for a lowering of the retirement age from 67 to 60 – the age at which other emergency services staff retire.
Engineering - Springburn anger
Springburn, in north west Glasgow, once the proud heart of the world locomotive industry, is threatened with closure.
Contracting Out - Interserve quizzed
The Institute for Government think tank has published a report warning that handing so much government business to only a few large strategic suppliers is a risky strategy.
Libraries - Funding fall
Public finance body Cipfa has reported that funding for Britain’s libraries fell by £30 million in 2017/18, with a loss of 712 full-time staff.